Christopher Silver

Planning the Megacity

Jakarta in the Twentieth Century

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, the first on the planning history of Jarkarta, able expert Christopher Silver describes how planning has shaped urban development in Southeast Asia, and in particular how its largest city, Jakarta, Indonesia, was transformed from a colonial capital of approximately 150,000 in 1900 to a megacity of 12a "13 million inhabitants in 2000. Placing the city's planning history within local, national and international contexts, exploring not only the formal planning actions, but how planning was shaped by broader political, economic, social and cultural factors in Indonesiaa (TM)s development, this book is an excellent resource for academics, students and professionals involved in urban planning, history and geography as well as other interested parties.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 167mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 585g
• ISBN-13: 9780415701648
• ISBN-10: 0415701643
• Artikelnr.: 21491478

Autorenporträt

Christopher Silver is Dean of the College of Design, Construction and Planning and Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Florida, Gainesville.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Understanding Urbanization and the Megacity in Southeast
Asia 2. Fashioning the Colonial Capital City, 1900-1940 3. Plans for the
Modern Metropolis, 1950-1970s 4. Planning For Housing, Neighbourhoods and
Urban Revitalization 5. Expansion, Revitalization and the Restructuring of
Metropolitan Jakarta, the 1970s to the early 1990s 6. Urban Village to
World City: Re-Planning Jakarta in the 1990s 7. Planning in the New
Democratic Megacity