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- Future Asian Space: Projecting the Urban Space of New East Asia
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: NUS Press Pte Ltd
summary
The idea of "Asian space" is undergoing a transformation as a result of rapid techological, economic, social and cultural changes. Following the shift to a global economy and an urban population explosion, Asian cities have projected as one of the mainstays of progress, national pride, identity, and positioning on the global stage. The extraordinary pace and intensity of the changes have created a situation unique in the history of urban development. Despite the immense of diversity of Asian countries, "Asia-ness" is often treated as a distinctive quality that has emerged from unique recent circumstances affecting Asian urbanizations as a whole. In Future Asian Space, 15 authors explore broad concepts relating to the creation and re-creation of "Asian space" and contemporary Asian identity, and their examination of different sites and research approaches illustrates the difficulty of pinpointing what "Asia-ness" is, or might become. Appropriate design and planning of cities is a critical elementin building a sustainable future and coping with environmental, social and cultural problems. Future Asian Space is designed to stimulate interests and engagement in discussions of the Asian city, and its trajectories in architecture and urbanism.
Table of Contents
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- List of Illustrations and Tables
- pp. vii-xii
- Introduction
- pp. xiii-xxviii
- Chapter 9: The Greatness of Small
- pp. 159-170
- Bibliography
- pp. 191-206
- Contributors
- pp. 207-210
Additional Information
ISBN
9789971696221
Related ISBN(s)
9789971695965
MARC Record
OCLC
830023644
Pages
252
Launched on MUSE
2012-06-26
Language
English
Open Access
No