Routledge handbook of Asian cities. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Handbook of Asian cities; Asian cities
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Richard Hu.
• Editors: Hu, Richard
• Contents: Part I: Introduction 1. Urban Asia in perspective Richard Hu 2. Smart cities in Asia: Ambiguity, innovation, and evolution Hoon Han 3. Asian cities in and beyond COVID-19 Kh Md Nahiduzzaman and Md Moynul Ahsan 4. Vulnerable resilience in COVID-19: Invisibility and adaptability of the ‘informal’ cities of Southeast Asia Amanda Achmadi and Sidh Sintusingha 5. Making liveable cities: Experiences from Asia and the Pacific Bambang Susantono, Ramola Naik Singru, and Lara Arjan Part II: East Asian cities 6. East Asian cities: Deindustrialisation, greening, and the new geography of urbanisation Shahid Yusuf 7. Hong Kong: One city, three spatial forms, and two possible fates? Mee Kam Ng et al. 8. Pyongyang: An urban metamorphosis under the power of marketisation Pavel P. Em 9. Seoul: Pursuing and sharing a global city Yu-Min Joo 10. Shanghai: New directions in Chinese metropolitan planning Richard Hu 11. Taipei: Towards a liveable and sustainable city Chia-Huang Wang 12. Tokyo: Reinventing the modern Asian metropolis through adaptive strategies Carola Hein 13. Ulaanbaatar: When international plans and local preferences over urban densification collide Aldarsaikhan Tuvshinbat, Raven Anderson, and Michael Hooper 14. Xi’an: From an ancient world city to a 21st-century global logistics centre Xiangming Chen and Ziming Li Part III: South Asian cities 15. South Asian cities: Informalisation of ecological and social change Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt 16. Colombo: From colonial outpost to indigenous kleptocratic city Nihal Perera 17. Delhi: Rethinking Indian urbanism through the capital’s multi-nuclei development Pilar Maria Guerrieri 18. Dhaka: Growth management challenges for a rapidly urbanising megacity Shilpi Roy 19. Kabul: The 21st century urbanism we did not expect Pietro Calogero 20. Karachi: Changing institutional landscapes, challenges, and reforms Noman Ahmed 21. Kathmandu Valley: Unrealised proposals, decades of urban chaos and planning for a better future Rajjan Chitrakar 22. Malé: Decentralising the world’s densest island capital—plans, determination, and challenges Mariyam Zulfa 23. Mumbai: ‘Mess is more’—value and shortcomings of the city’s ad hoc development process Matias Echanove and Rahul Srivastava 24. Thimphu: Tranquil, peace, and happy city of the Himalayas Leishipem Khamrang Part IV: Southeast Asian cities 25. Southeast Asian cities: The imbalances of urban development Rita Padawangi 26. Bandar Seri Begawan: Why is Brunei’s capital chasing foreign dollars? Victor K. S. Ong 27. Bangkok: Creative disorder and the military imagination Ross King 28. Dili: Hurdles in constructing the urban from the ground Joana de Mesquita Lima and João Pedro Costa 29. Ho Chi Minh City: Can it avoid the path dependence with Thu Duc City? Du Huynh 30. Jakarta: Seeking the sustainable megacity region Christopher Silver 31. Kuala Lumpur: Post-Vision 2020 and post-pandemic futures Keng-Khoon Ng and Tim Bunnell 32. Manila: Aspiring to be an inclusive, resilient, and sustainable city amidst climate and disaster risks Emma Porio and Justin See 33. Phnom Penh: Towards a post-dependency metropolisation? Gabriel Fauveaud and Dolorès Bertrais 34. Singapore: Planning for healthy ageing Belinda Yuen 35. Vientiane: Challenges in the policies and practices for sustainable urban development in a ‘least developed’ city Thanousorn Vongpraseuth 36. Yangon: Displacement urbanism, housing provisionality, and feminist spatial practices—an infrastructure of care at the urban margin Giovanna Astolfo Part V: Central Asian cities 37. Central Asian cities: Challenges in balancing global, national, and local development needs Madina Junussova, Saniya Soltybayeva, and Rameesha Khan 38. Almaty: Modernisation through spatial reordering—urban networks, transport sector reforms, and Eurasianism Henryk Alff and Wladimir Sgibnev 39. Ashgabat: The architecture as a showcase of a personal regime Slavomír Horák 40. Bishkek: Searching for Asianness in a post-Soviet city Emil Nasritdinov 41. Dushanbe: Urban transformation, changing spaces, and identities in Tajikistan Tahmina Inoyatova 42. Tashkent: Aspiring for entrepreneurship and innovation hub Farrukh Irnazarov and Madina Junussova Part VI: Conclusion 43. The Asian city in a new urban age Richard Hu
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (532 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 307.76095; Cities and towns -- Asia; City planning -- Environmental aspects -- Asia; Cities and towns -- Growth
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000878134; 9781000878097
• Related ISBNs: 9781032188409
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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