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Towards a Liveable and Sustainable Urban Environment : Eco-Cities in East Asia.
With cities rapidly encroaching onto surrounding lands, the notion of eco-city proposes an innovative yet pragmatic approach to designing, building and operating cities in a way that the destructive impact of human urban activity upon nature will be significantly reduced. This book comprises of pape...
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Singapore :
World Scientific,
2010.
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgement; Towards Eco-Cities in East Asia; 1. Eco-Cities: Re-Examining Concepts and Approaches Hidefumi IMURA; 2. Let's Get Real: Critical Visions and Sustainable Eco-Urbanism William S.W. LIM; 3. Some Thoughts on the Development of Eco-Cities in Asia LYE Liang Fook and CHEN Gang; 4. Building Ecotopia: Critical Reflections on Eco-City Development in China POW Choon-Piew and Harvey NEO; 5. Moving Toward Eco-Friendly City: Perspective on Thailand Rujiroj ANAMBUTR; 6. Challenges to Implementing the Eco-City Concept in Indonesia's Major Cities Suraya A. AFIFF.
- 7. Eco-City: China's Realities and Challenges in Urban Planning and Design WANG Tao and SHAO Lei8. Sustainable Living: An Overview from the Malaysian Perspective Hardev KAUR and Mizan HITAM; 9. Prospects on Ecological Development in Philippine Cities Marife M. BALLESTEROS; Biographies of Authors; Index.