| Description |
xiv, 330 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Planning, history and environment series |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Risks, resilience, and planning in Asian cities / Stephen Hamnett and Dean Forbes -- Uneven geographies of vulnerability : Tokyo in the twenty-first century / André Sorensen -- The Dragon's head : spatial development of Shanghai / Susan Walcott -- Beijing : socialist Chinese capital and new world city / Gu Chaolin and Ian G. Cook -- Taipei's metropolitan development : dynamics of cross-strait political economy, globalization, and national identity / Liling Huang and Reginald Yin-Wang Kwok -- Seoul as a world city : the challenge of balanced development / Seong-Kyu Ha -- Hong kong : the turning of the dragon head / Anthony Yeh -- Singapore : planning for more with less / Belinda Yuen -- Going global : development, risks, and responses in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya / Sirat Morshidi and Asyirah Abdul Rahim -- Governing the Jakarta city-region : history, challenges, risks, and strategies / Wilmar Salim and Tommy Firman -- Bangkok : new risks, old resilience / Douglas Webster and Chuthatip Maneepong -- Manila : metropolitan vulnerability, local resilience / Brian Roberts. |
| Subject |
City planning -- Asia
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Community development, Urban -- Asia
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| Added Author |
Hamnett, Stephen
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Forbes, D. K. (Dean K.)
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| ISBN |
9780415563352 (alk. paper) |
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0415563356 (alk. paper) |
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9780203804247 (ebook) |
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0203804244 (ebook) |
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