Sustainable Cities in Asia / Federico Caprotti.
"With Asia's cities undergoing unprecedented growth in the 21st century, lauded the 'urban century' by many, Sustainable Cities in Asia provides a timely examination of the challenges facing cities across the continent including some of the projects, approaches and solutions that...
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2017.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; SECTION I: The sustainable city in Asia; 1 Unlocking urban trajectories: planning for environmentally just transitions in Asia; 2 The story does not remain the same: multi-scalar perspectives on sustainable urban development in Asia and Hong Kong; 3 Does the Asian property market work for sustainable urban developments?; 4 Migration and urbanisation in contemporary Asia: addressing urban inequalities and promoting social sustainability.
- 5 Let's focus on connections: reading Chinese eco-cities from a relational, multi-scalar perspectiveSECTION II: Challenges and regional perspectives; 6 Green as urban spectacle in China; 7 Property-led urban growth, institutional change and urban sustainability: the case of China in an international perspective; 8 The impacts of High-Speed Rail on Shanghai's suburban communities: social sustainability and environmental justice; 9 The Kathputli conundrum: slum redevelopment and the institutionalisation of unsustainability.
- 10 Sustainable cities in South Asian countries: a politico-cultural perspective11 Buying (into) sustainability: technocratic environmentalism in Abu Dhabi; 12 Songdo: the hype and decline of world's first smart city; 13 Challenging the eco-city: residents' perceptions of social sustainability in Tianjin eco-city, China; SECTION III: Shaping the sustainable city in Asia; 14 Sustainable community development in Taipei, Taiwan; 15 Can mega events lead to sustainable urban development? The case of Beijing and Guangzhou.
- 16 A changing cultural narrative of citizenship, urbanism and cycling in Indian cities17 A difficult birth: creating Seoul, the 21st-century sustainable city; 18 Changing approaches to community participation for social sustainability: neighbourhood planning in Singapore and Seoul; 19 Low carbon communities, energy policy and energy democracy in Japan; 20 Smart city strategies towards sustainable transformation of China's industrial parks: the experience of Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, China; 21 'Sustainable' urban habitats in Shanghai.
- 22 The transnational search of Chinese eco-city projects: historical legacies, authoritarian political operations, and socio-economic dynamics23 Urban transformation and city branding in the Greater Pearl River Delta; Index.