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Asian ethical urbanism : a radical postmodern perspective /

With the impending demise of modernist planning, the footprints and corpses of failed modernist visions are littered everywhere. A vacuum of implementable urban theories has occurred at the time when unprecedented expansion and restructuring of cities in rapidly developing economies are taking place...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lim, William Siew Wai, 1932-2023
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ ; London : World Scientific Pub., ©2005.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:With the impending demise of modernist planning, the footprints and corpses of failed modernist visions are littered everywhere. A vacuum of implementable urban theories has occurred at the time when unprecedented expansion and restructuring of cities in rapidly developing economies are taking place. In this collection of essays, William S W Lim zeroes in on the peculiarities and dynamics of present Asian urban and architectural conditions in order to challenge and transcend the socio-ecological forms and political influences generated by the current system of global capitalism. Part I of this.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxvi, 240 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-226) and index.
ISBN:9812701133
9789812701138
981256313X
9789812563132
1281896896
9781281896896