Directors of urban change in Asia /

Bringing together a group of international scholars, Directors of Urban Change in Asia examines who the 'directors' for urban change are in an eclectic mix of Asian cities. The books discusses how, in the majority of cases, urban change has come about primarily as the result of visionary l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Nas, P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge, 2005.
Colección:Routledge advances in Asia-Pacific studies.
Temas:
Urban policy > Asia > Case studies.
City planning > Asia > Case studies.
Urbanization > Asia > Case studies.
Cities and towns > Asia > Growth > Case studies.
Politique urbaine > Asie > Études de cas.
Urbanisation > Asie > Études de cas.
Villes > Asie > Croissance > Études de cas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Cities and towns > Growth.
City planning.
Urban policy.
Urbanization.
Asia.
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: directors of urban change / Peter J.M. Nas
  • Colombo / Siri T. Hettige
  • Guangzhou City: ever-changing urban planning / Zhou Daming
  • Hanoi: between the imperfect past and the conditional future / Hans Schenk
  • Jakarta: conflicting directions / Pratiwo and Peter J.M. Nas
  • Kuala Lumpur and Singapore: high hopes versus a low profile / Freek Colombijn
  • Makassar: set, backstage and a diva in an Indonesian secondary city / Christoph Antweiler
  • Metro Manila: designers or directors of urban development? / Otto van den Muijzenberg and Ton van Naerssen
  • Nanjing: promoting the ICT sector / Meine Pieter van Dijk
  • Semarang: was H.F. Tillema a director of urban change? / Peter J.M. Nas and Kirsten Theuns
  • Surabaya: the bridge to Madura / Manuelle Franck
  • Tehran: a mega-city built without a vision / Soheila Shahshahani
  • Tokyo: paradise of speculators and builders / Shuji Funo.

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