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Aspects of Urbanization in China - Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou

English · Paperback / Softback

Will be released 15.12.2012

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Informationen zum Autor Dr Gregory Bracken in an Assistant Professor at the Architecture Faculty! TU Delft and a Research Fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS)! Leiden specialised in the field of Asian urban studies. Klappentext China's opkomst als wereldmacht is een van de ingrijpendste gebeurtenissen van deze tijd. Honderden miljoenen mensen zijn de armoede ontvlucht dankzij de snelle industrialisatie van het land. De wonderbaarlijke economische groei van China heeft zijn nadelen, iets wat vaak het meest pijnlijk duidelijk wordt in de steden. Deze studie is geschreven do Inhaltsverzeichnis Aspects of Urbanization in China - 2[-]Table of Contents - 6[-]List of Tables and Illustrations - 8[-]Acknowledgements - 10[-]INTRODUCTION - 12[-] 1 Aspects of Urbanization in China:Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou - 14[-]GLOBAL AMBITIONS - 26[-] 2 Towards an Understanding of Architectural Iconicity in Global Perspective - 28[-] 3 Shanghai and the 2010 Expo Staging the City - 48[-] 4 Guangzhou's Special Path to Global City Status - 60[-]CULTURAL EXPRESSION - 78[-] 5 Repairing the Rural-Urban Continuum Cinema as Witness - 80[-] 6 Revisiting Hong Kong Fruit Chan's 'Little Cheung - 102[-] 7 Sensual, but No Clue of Politics Shanghai's Longtang Houses - 118[-]ARCHITECTURAL EXPRESSION - 138[-] 8 Urbanization and Housing Socio-Spatial Conflicts over Urban Space in Contemporary Shanghai - 140[-] 9 It Makes a Village Hong Kong's Podium Shopping Malls as Global Villages - 166[-]Contributors - 184[-]Bibliography - 188[-]Index - 200

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Authors DR Gregory Bracken, Gregory Bracken, Gregory (EDT) Bracken
Assisted by Gregory Bracken (Editor)
Publisher University Of Chicago Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Release 15.12.2012, delayed
 
EAN 9789089643988
ISBN 978-90-8964-398-8
No. of pages 212
Series IIAS Publication Monographs (P
IIAS Publications Series
IIAS Publication Monographs (P
Subjects Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories

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