Walking between slums and skyscrapers : illusions of open space in Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Shanghai /

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"This book is concerned with the effects of globalization on living space (i.e., the space of everyday life), focusing specifically on East Asian metropolises, such as Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Shanghai. Globalization has given rise to accessible catch-phrases such as the 'global village'...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Huang, Tsung-yi Michelle
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2004.
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
City planning > China > Hong Kong.
City planning > Japan > Tokyo.
City planning > China > Shanghai.
Open spaces > Social aspects > China > Hong Kong.
Open spaces > Social aspects > Japan > Tokyo.
Open spaces > Social aspects > China > Shanghai.
Slums > China > Hong Kong.
Slums > Japan > Tokyo.
Slums > China > Shanghai.
Skyscrapers > China > Hong Kong.
Skyscrapers > Japan > Tokyo.
Skyscrapers > China > Shanghai.
Globalization > Social aspects > China > Hong Kong.
Globalization > Social aspects > Japan > Tokyo.
Globalization > Social aspects > China > Shanghai.
City planning.
Cities and towns > China > Shanghai > Growth.
City and town life > China > Shanghai.
Villes > Chine > Hongkong > Croissance.
Villes > Japon > Tōkyō > Croissance.
Villes > Chine > Shanghai > Croissance.
Vie urbaine > Chine > China > Hong Kong.
Vie urbaine > Japon > Tōkyō.
Vie urbaine > Chine > Shanghai.
Mondialisation > Aspect social > Chine > China > Hong Kong.
Mondialisation > Aspect social > Japon > Tōkyō.
Mondialisation > Aspect social > Chine > Shanghai.
Espaces verts > Aspect social > Chine > Hongkong.
Espaces verts > Aspect social > Chine > Shanghai.
Gratte-ciel > Chine > Hongkong.
Gratte-ciel > Chine > Shanghai.
Mondialisation > Aspect social > Chine > Hongkong.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Regional Planning.
City and town life.
Cities and towns > Growth.
Globalization > Social aspects.
Open spaces > Social aspects.
Skyscrapers.
Slums.
China > Hong Kong.
China > Shanghai.
Japan > Tokyo.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknoloedgements; Introduction; PART ONE Hong Kong Blue: Where Have All the Flaneurs Gone? Walking in Between EternalDual Compression; 1 Hong Kong: A Nodal Point of Dual Compression From British Empire Colony to Disney Kingdom Outpost; 2 Chungking Express: Walking With a Map of Desire in the Mirag e of the Global City; 3 Between Representations of Space and Representational Spaces: Flaneurie With the Camera's Eye; Part Two Bettwaso Gtobal Flows aod Carnal Fiows: Walking in Tokyo; 4 Mimesis: The Violence of Space; 5 From Mimesis to Mimicry: Memory, Subjectivity, and Space.

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