New Economic Spaces In Asian Cities

Author : Peter W. Daniels,K.C. Ho,Thomas A. Hutton
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781135272593

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New Economic Spaces in Asian Cities by Peter W. Daniels,K.C. Ho,Thomas A. Hutton Pdf

The East and Southeast Asia region constitutes the world’s most compelling theatre of accelerated globalization and industrial restructuring. Following a spectacular realization of the ‘industrialization paradigm’ and a period of services-led growth, the early twenty-first century economic landscape among leading Asian states now comprises a burgeoning ‘New Economy’ spectrum of the most advanced industrial trajectories, including finance, the knowledge economy and the ‘new cultural economy’. In an agenda-setting volume, New Economic Spaces in Asian Cities draws on stimulating research conducted by a new generation of urban scholars to generate critical analysis and theoretical insights on the New Economy phenomenon within Asia. New industry formation and the transformation of older economic practices constitute instruments of development, as well as signifiers of larger processes of change, expressed in the reproduction of space in the city. Asia’s major cities become the key staging areas for the New Economy, driven by the growing wealth of an urban middle and professional class, higher education institutions, city-based inter-regional movements and urban mega-projects. New Economic Spaces in Asian Cites animates this New Economy discourse by means of vibrant storylines of instructive cities and sites, including cases studies situated in cities such as Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, and Singapore. Theoretical and normative issues associated with the emergence of the new cultural economy are the subject of the book’s context-setting chapters, and each case study presents an evocative narrative of development interdependencies and exemplary outcomes on the ground. New Economic Spaces in Asian Cities offers a vivid contribution to our understanding of the ongoing transformation of Asia’s urban system, including the critical intersections of global and local-regional dynamics in processes of new industry formation and the relayering of space in the Asian metropolis. The synthesis of empirical profiles, normative insights, and theoretical reference points enhances the book’s interest for scholars and students in fields of Asian studies, urban and cultural studies, and urban and economic geography, as well as for policy specialists and urban/community planners.

Author : Nihal Perera,Wing-shing Tang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780415507387

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Transforming Asian Cities by Nihal Perera,Wing-shing Tang Pdf

While there is no lack of studies on Asian cities, the majority focus on financial districts, poverty, the slum, tradition, tourism, and pollution, and use the modern, affluent, and transforming Western city as the reference point. This vast Asian empirical presence is not complemented by a theoretical presence; academic discourses overlook common and basic urban processes, particularly the production of space, place, and identity by ordinary citizens. Switching thevantage point to Asian cities and citizens, Transforming Asian Cities draws attention to how Asians produce their contemporary urban practices, identities, and spaces as part of resisting, responding to, andavoiding larger global and national processes. Instead of viewing Asian cities in opposition to the Western city andusing it as the norm, this book instead opts to provincialize mainstream and traditional knowledge. It argues that the vast terrain of ordinary actors and spaces which are currently left out should be reflected in academic debates and policy decisions, and the local thinking processes that constitute these spaces need to be acknowledged, enabled, and critiqued. The individual chapters illustrate that "global" spaces are more (trans)local, traditional environments are more modern, and Asian spaces are better defined than acknowledged. The aim is to develop room for understandings of Asian cities from Asian standpoints, especially acknowledging how Asians observe, interpret, understand, and create space in their cities.

Author : Erwin Viray,Davisi Boontharm,Limin Hee
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789971695965

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Future Asian Space by Erwin Viray,Davisi Boontharm,Limin Hee Pdf

Rapid technological, economic, social and cultural changes are transforming the idea of "Asian space." With the shift to a global economy and an urban population explosion, Asian cities have become a mainstay 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 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 highlights the difficulty of pinpointing what Asia-ness is, or might become. Appropriate design and planning of cities is a critical element in 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, but the authors' conclusions will intrigue anyone interested in the future of cities and urban life in Asia.

Author : Shahid Yusuf,Kaoru Nabeshima
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0804756732

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Post-Industrial East Asian Cities by Shahid Yusuf,Kaoru Nabeshima Pdf

Drawing on a wide range of literature and on interviews with firms, this book explores issues of economic growth with a focus on six East Asian cities: Bangkok, Beijing, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, and Tokyo. It suggests how policies and institutions can induce and furnish an urban environment that supports innovative activities. A valuable resource for researchers, urban planners, urban geographers, and policy makers interested in East Asia.

Author : Tai-Chee Wong,Jonathan Rigg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136923784

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Asian Cities, Migrant Labor and Contested Spaces by Tai-Chee Wong,Jonathan Rigg Pdf

This volume explores how migration is playing a central role in the renewing and reworking of urban spaces in the fast growing and rapidly changing cities of Asia. Migration trends in Asia entered a new phase in the 1990s following the end of the Cold War which marked the advent of a renewed phase of globalization. Cities have become centrally implicated in globalization processes and, therefore, have become objects and sites of intense study. The contributors to this book reflect on the impact and significance of migration with a particular focus on the contested spaces that are emerging in urban contexts and the economic, social, religious and cultural domains with which they intersect. They also examines the roles and effects of different forms of migration in the cauldron of urban change, from low-skilled domestic migrants who maintain a close engagement with their rural homes, to highly skilled/professional transnational migrants, to legal and illegal international migrants who arrive with the hope of transforming their livelihoods. Providing a mosaic of insights into the links between migration, marginalization and contestation in Asia’s urban contexts, Asian Cities, Migrant Labor and Contested Spaces will be of interest to students and scholars of Asian studies, migration studies, urban studies and human geography.

Author : Andrea Colantonio,Richard Burdett,Philipp Rode
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134622238

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Transforming Urban Economies by Andrea Colantonio,Richard Burdett,Philipp Rode Pdf

Cities house the majority of the world’s population and are the dynamic centres of 21st century life, at the heart of economic, social and environmental change. They are still beset by difficult problems but often demonstrate resilience in the face of regional and national economic decline. Faced by the combined threats of globalisation and world recession, cities and their metropolitan regions have had to fight hard to maintain their global competitiveness and protect the quality of life of urban residents Transforming Urban Economies: Policy Lessons from European and Asian Cities, the first in an ongoing series of research volumes by LSE Cities, provides insights in how cities can respond positively to these challenges. The fine-grained and authoritative analysis of how Barcelona, Turin, Munich and Seoul have been transformed in the last 20 years examines comparative patterns of decline, adaptation and recovery of cities that have successfully managed to transform their economies in the face of economic hardship. This in-depth and practical analysis is aimed at urban leaders, designers, planners, policymakers and scholars who want to understand the dynamics of economic resilience while cities are still suffering from the aftershocks of the 2008 recession. The book highlights the importance of aligned and multi-level governance, the need for strategic public investments and the role of the private sector, universities and foundations in leading and guiding complex processes of urban recovery in an increasingly uncertain age.

Author : Xin Gu,Michael Kho Lim,Justin O'Connor
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030462918

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Re-Imagining Creative Cities in Twenty-First Century Asia by Xin Gu,Michael Kho Lim,Justin O'Connor Pdf

This book responds to the lack of Asian representation in creative cities literature. It aims to use the creative cities paradigm as part of a wider process involving first, a rapid de-industrialisation in Asia that has left a void for new development models, resulting in a popular uptake of cultural economies in Asian cities; and second, the congruence and conflicts of traditional and modern cultural values leading to a necessary re-interpretation and re-imagination of cities as places for cultural production and cultural consumption. Focusing on the ‘Asian century’, it seeks to recognise and highlight the rapid rise of these cities and how they have stepped up to the challenge of transforming and regenerating themselves. The book aims to re-define what it means to be an Asian creative city and generate more dialogue and new debate around different urban issues.

Author : William Siew Wai Lim
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789814578349

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Public Space In Urban Asia by William Siew Wai Lim Pdf

Over the past few decades, rapid urbanisation has threatened to erode public space, especially in emerging economies. Market forces that prioritise profit generation are allowed to construct venues of consumption in its place. Though their physical appearance may resemble traditional public space, in reality, they are greatly restrictive and diminished in affordability, accessibility and social meaning. It is in this context that William SW Lim, chairman of Asian Urban Lab, has brought together architects, designers, historians, sociologists and urbanists from the region to discuss public space in selected Asian cities.Part One contains essays from participants from Chongqing, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Taipei and observations from commentators. Several essays by William SW Lim on the subject round off the discussion in Part Two. The thoughtful essays in Public Space in Urban Asia emphasise how engaging with the present actuality of cities and public awareness of spatial justice in cities are crucial — for it is the achievement of spatial justice that will help create a greater level of happiness across societies in our increasingly urbanised world.

Author : Kris Hartley,Glen Kuecker,Michael Waschak,Jun Jie Woo,Charles Chao Rong Phua
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429801532

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Governing Cities by Kris Hartley,Glen Kuecker,Michael Waschak,Jun Jie Woo,Charles Chao Rong Phua Pdf

This book presents the latest research on three issues of crucial importance to Asian cities: governance, livability, and sustainability. Together, these issues canvass the salient trends defining Asian urbanization and are explored through an eclectic compendium of studies that represent the many voices of this diverse region. Examining the processes and implications of Asian urbanization, the book interweaves practical cases with theories and empirical rigor while lending insight and complexity into the towering challenges of urban governance. The book targets a broad audience including thinkers, practitioners, and students.

Author : Stephen Hamnett,Dean Forbes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781136639272

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Planning Asian Cities by Stephen Hamnett,Dean Forbes Pdf

Stephen Hamnett and Dean Forbes have brought together some of the region’s most distinguished urbanists to explore the planning history and recent development of Pacific Asia’s major cities. They show how globalization, and the competition to achieve global city status, has had a profound effect on all these cities. But how resilient are these cities to the risks that they face? How can they manage continuing pressures for development and growth while reducing their vulnerability to a range of potential crises? And, given the tradition of top-down, centralized, state-directed planning which drove the economic growth of many of these cities in the last century, what prospects are there of them becoming more inclusive and sensitive to the diverse needs of their populations and to the importance of culture, heritage and local places in creating liveable cities?

Author : Bambang Susantono,Robert Guild
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9292627848

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Creating Livable Asian Cities by Bambang Susantono,Robert Guild Pdf

Author : Mike Douglass,K.C. Ho,Giok Ling Ooi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134151868

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Globalization, the City and Civil Society in Pacific Asia by Mike Douglass,K.C. Ho,Giok Ling Ooi Pdf

Globalization, the City and Civil Society in Pacific Asia presents a detailed examination of the underlying issues of urban life in the Far East. Leading authorities on globalization and politics in the region cover key themes of continuity and change: relationships between civil society and the production of urban spaces. Chapters focus on various types of ‘civic spaces’ that provide spaces for life that are autonomous from state and capital ten case studies explore a wide variety of contexts ranging from spaces where lower classes congregated in ancient Chinese cities to cyberspaces of the contemporary internet the history and role of civil society in social and political philosophies of societies in the Pacific Asia region tendencies and issues related to specific types of civic spaces in a given city. Several studies find that great stress has been placed on long-standing community and civic spaces common themes, patterns and issues as well as singularities of each particular context. In this way it can contribute to the broader (mostly Western) literature on society and space the future of cities in Pacific Asia from the perspective of civic space. Can civic spaces be routinely created rather than appropriated through civil society-state-economy struggles? Most research on globalization and civil society has focused on the West, this unique book brings together a tight analysis and a series of ten case studies on Pacific Asian countries. It also theorizes and empirically explores the relationships between civil society and the production of urban spaces.

Author : Denis John Dwyer
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UCAL:B3445480

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The City as a Centre of Change in Asia by Denis John Dwyer Pdf

The City As A Centre Of Change In Asia Edited By D.J. Dwyer Is An Authoritative Survey Of Asia`S Urban Problems Divided Into Four Major Sections; Economic, Social And Political Change; Population Dynamics; Housing Problems; And The Future Of Asian City. Without Dustjacket. Inscribed On The First End Page.

Author : Sonia Lam-Knott,Creighton Connolly,Kong Chong Ho
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000692570

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Post-Politics and Civil Society in Asian Cities by Sonia Lam-Knott,Creighton Connolly,Kong Chong Ho Pdf

Bringing together an interdisciplinary group of scholars, Post-Politics and Civil Society in Asian Cities examines how the concept of ‘post-politics’ has manifested across a range of Asian cities, and the impact this has had on state-society relationships in processes of urban governance. This volume examines how the post-political framework—derived from the study of Western liberal democracies—applies to Asian cities. Appreciating that the region has undergone a distinctive trajectory of political development, and is currently governed under democratic or authoritarian regimes, the book articulates how post-political conditions have created obstacles or opportunities for civil society to assert its voice in urban governance. Chapters address the different ways in which Asian civil society groups strive to gain a stake in the development and management of cities, specifically by looking at their involvement in heritage and environmental governance, two inter-related components in discourses about establishing liveable cities for the future. By providing in-depth case studies examining the varying degrees to which post-political ideologies have been enacted in urban governance across Central, South, Southeast, and East Asia, this book offers a useful and timely resource for students and scholars interested in urban studies, political science, Asian studies, geography, and sociology.

Author : Natacha Aveline-Dubach、Sue-Ching Jou、Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao等 著
Publisher : 國立臺灣大學出版中心
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-04
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : 9789863500216

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Globalization and New Intra-Urban Dynamics in Asian Cities by Natacha Aveline-Dubach、Sue-Ching Jou、Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao等 著 Pdf

This book presents a set of essays on the globalization and intra-urban dynamics of the Asian cities conducted by Taiwanese and French researchers. It covers four main themes: “culture-led regeneration projects,” “dynamics of second-tier cities,” “urban redevelopment and land issues,” and “new urban spaces of regulation, associational life, and civic action.” It involved comparing research subject priorities in this field as well as the approaches chosen to deal with them within a geographical zone extended from Northeast to southern Asia. Rather than a comparison between Western and Asian visions of the same urban objects, the project aimed to highlight differences and/or similarities in the approaches of scientific communities, inevitably influenced by national issues. With great articulation and discourse between urban reality and theories, it also observes distinctive approaches of urban research teams respectively in France and Taiwan.