Peter J.M. Nas (ed.)

Directors of Urban Change in Asia

Herausgeber: Nas, Peter J M

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Directors of Urban Change in Asia examines who the 'directors' for urban change are in an eclectic mix of Asian cities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9780415405874
• ISBN-10: 0415405874
• Artikelnr.: 35595699

Autorenporträt

Peter Nas is Associate Professor at the Department of Anthropology, Leiden University, The Netherlands.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Contributors 1. Introduction: Directors of Urban Change 2.
Colombo 3. Guangzhou City: Ever-Changing Urban Planning 4. Hanoi: Between
the Imperfect Past and the Conditional Future 5. Jakarta: Conflicting
Directions 6. Kuala Lumpur and Singapore: High Hopes versus a Low Profile
7. Makassar: Set, Backstage and a Diva in an Indonesian Secondary City 8.
Metro Manila: Designers or Directors of Urban Development? 9. Nanjing:
Promoting the ICT Sector 10. Semarang: Was H.F. Tillema a Director of Urban
Change? 11. Surabaya: The Bridge to Madura 12. Tehran: A Mega-City Built
without a Vision 13. Tokyo: Paradise of Speculators and Builders Index