1st Edition
Emerging Urbanity Global Urban Projects in the Asia Pacific Rim
By Richard Marshall
Copyright 2003
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Discussions on the global economy focus on the hyper-mobility of capital, the possibility of instantaneous transmission of information and money around the globe, the centrality of information outputs to our economic systems and emphasise the neutralisation of geography and of places. What is ignored, however, is that even the most advanced information industries need a material infrastructure of... Read more
1. Emerging Urbanity 2. Tokyo Rainbow Town, Japan 3. The Project of the Century, Minato Mirai 21, Yokohama, Japan 4.The Golden City in the City of Angels, Muang Thong Thani, Bangkok, Thailand 5. Focal Point of China, Lujiazui, Shanghai 6. The Silicon Valley of China, Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park, Beijing 7. Doi Moi and the Ascending Dragons of Vietnam, Hanoi North and Saigon South 8. New Downtown - Ideas for the City of Tomorrow, Singapore's New Central Business District 9. The Making of a Malaysian Capital, Putrajaya and the Multimedia Super Corridor, Kuala Lumpur 10. The Idea of the City - Critical Pasts and Futures. Bibliography.
Biography
Richard Marshall is an Associate Professor in Urban Design and Director of Urban Design Programs at the Harvard Design School. He is editor of Waterfronts in Post Industrial Cities published by Spon Press (2001). Prior to joining the faculty at Harvard he was in corporate practice working and living throughout the Asia Pacific Rim.
