Future Challenges of Cities in Asia

Since 1978 China's urbanization has risen from 18 to 45 per cent, over 350 million farmers have moved to cities or transformed their villages into towns, and the number of cities rose from under 200 to more than 650. These numbers are unprecedented in the course of human history and underscore...

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Autor principal: Bracken, Gregory (-)
Otros Autores: Rabé, P., Parthasarathy, R., Sami, Neha, Zhang, Bing
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press 2019.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Asian Cities Ser.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • 1 Future Challenges of Cities in Asia / Bracken, Gregory / Rabé, Paul / Parthasarathy, R. / Sami, Neha / Zhang, Bing
  • 2 Human Agency in the Asian City / Li, Shiqiao
  • 3 Toward Inclusive, Vital and Livable City Scenarios / Qu, Lei
  • 4 Cultural Dilemma in Beijing's Urban Regeneration / Liu, Wan
  • 5 Housing as Heritage / Arkaraprasertkul, Non
  • 6 Not an Act of God / Chaves, Carmeli Marie C.
  • 7 The Political Ecology of Climate Injustice in Bangkok / Marks, Danny
  • 8 Assessing Flood-Related Vulnerability of the Urban Poor / Simarmata, Hendricus Andy / Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Antweiler, Christoph
  • 9 The Ecological Future of Cities / Mell, Ian
  • 10 Hong Kong's "Rail-plus-Property" Development / Musil, Clément
  • Index.