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The book presents an overview of Asian urbanism and outlines 20 case studies of Asian cities.
List of contents
CONTENTS
p004 Foreword
p005 Preface
p008 Chapter 1 Introduction
p022 Chapter 2 Contested Identities: Conflicts and Co-ordinates of Heritage
p042 Chapter 3 Colonising Paradoxes: Civilising Ideologies and Transformative Filters
p062 Chapter 4 Dinosaurs and Disjunctures: The Asian City in Transition
p076 Chapter 5 Urban Design Narratives: Interpreting the Public Realm
Asian Cities
p090 South Asia / The Indian Subcontinent
p102 Goa India
p116 Kolkata India
p134 Mumbai India
p150 Delhi India
p168 Lahore Pakistan
p192 East and Central Asia
p196 Beijing China
p216 Tokyo Japan
p238 Seoul Korea
p252 Taipei Taiwan
p270 Macau SAR of China
p290 Southeast Asia
p296 Bangkok Thailand
p310 Yangon Myanmar
p328 Phnom Penh Cambodia
p340 Hanoi Vietnam
p354 Manila The Philippines
p374 Jakarta Indonesia
p394 Singapore
p418 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
p430 Malacca Malaysia
p442 George Town Malaysia
p458 References
p459 Acknowledgements
About the author
Peter Cookson Smith: Architect, planner and urban designer, he is a director of URBIS, the firm he founded in Hong Kong in 1977 - one of the first specialist planning, environmental, landscape and urban design consultancies in Asia. He is an Honorary Professor at the Department of Architecture, University of Hong Kong.
