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Globalizing Taipei : the political economy of spatial development /

Taipei's quest to become a global city is the key to its urban development. Globalizing Taipei looks at this ""Asian Dragon"", a major city in the South China Growth Triangle and a centre for transnational production, revealing how the development of this capital has receive...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kwok, R. Yin-Wang
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, ©2005.
Colección:Planning, history, and the environment series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter Introduction: Asian Dragons, South China Growth Triangle, Developmental Governance and Globalizing Taipei
  • chapter 1 The Evolution of Economic Base: From Industrial City, Post-Industrial City to Interface City
  • chapter 2 and Growth Constraints
  • chapter 3 The Transformation of Spatial Structure: From a Monocentric to a Polycentric City
  • chapter 4 Urban Politics and Spatial Development: The Emergence of Participatory Planning
  • chapter 5 Provision for Collective Consumption: Housing Production Under Neoliberalism
  • chapter 6 Domestic Politics in Urban Image Creation: Xinyi as the 'Manhattan of Taipei'
  • chapter 7 Social Polarization and Income Inequality: Migration and Urban Labour Markets
  • chapter 8 Daily Consumption in a Globalizing City: Food Markets at the Crossroads
  • chapter 9 Modernization Ideoscape: Imaginative Geography and Aesthetic Landscape in Taipei Rapid Transit System
  • chapter 10 Commentary on the Marginalized Society: The Films of Tsai Ming-Liang.