Sustainable cities in Asia / edited by Federico Caprotti and Li Yu.

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English
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
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xix, 301 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

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    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 are currently being tested. This book uses numerous case studies, analysing topical issues ranging from city cycling in India, to green spaces in China, to the use of community-led energy generation projects in post-Fukushima Japan.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Preface / Simon Joss and Robert Cowley
    • Introduction / Li Yu and Federico Caprotti
    • SECTION I: THE SUSTAINABLE CITY IN ASIA
    • 1. Unlocking urban trajectories: planning for environmentally just transitions in Asia / Caren Levy, Adriana Allen, Vanesa Castán Broto and Linda Westman
    • 2. The story does not remain the same: multi-scalar perspectives on sustainable urban development in Asia and Hong Kong / Federico Cugurullo
    • 3. Does the Asian property market work for sustainable urban developments? / Fatih Eren
    • 4. Migration and urbanization in contemporary Asia: addressing urban inequalities and promoting social sustainability / Megha Amrith
    • 5. Let's Focus on connections: reading Chinese eco-cities from a relational, multi-scalar perspective / I-Chun Catherine Chang
    • SECTION II: CHALLENGES AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES
    • 6. Green as urban spectacle in China / Xuefei Ren
    • 7. Property-led urban growth, institutional change and urban sustainability: the case of China in an international perspective / Yunqing Xu
    • 8. The impacts of high-speed rail on Shanghai's suburban communities: social sustainability and environmental justice / Shuping Zhang and Zhu Qian
    • 9. The Kathputli Conundrum: slum redevelopment and the institutionalisation of unsustainability / Anubhav Pradhan
    • 10. Sustainable cities in South Asian countries: a politico-cultural perspective / Dillip Kumar Das
    • 11. Buying (into) sustainability: technocratic environmentalism in Abu Dhabi / Surajit Chakravarty
    • 12. Songdo: the hype and decline of world's first smart city / Seungho Yoo
    • 13. Challenging the eco-city: residents' perceptions of social sustainability in Tianjin Eco-City, China / Federico Caprotti and Ziyue Gong
    • SECTION III: SHAPING THE SUSTAINABLE CITY IN ASIA
    • 14. Sustainable community development in Taipei, Taiwan / Yung-Jaan Lee
    • 15. Can mega events lead to sustainable urban development? The case of Beijing and Guangzhou / Yawei Chen and Lu Wang
    • 16. A changing cultural narrative of citizenship, urbanism and cycling in Indian cities / Linda Carroli and Mirko Guaralda
    • 17. A difficult birth: creating Seoul, the 21st century sustainable city / Sofia T. Shwayri
    • 18. Changing approaches to community participation for social sustainability: neighbourhood planning in Singapore and Seoul / Im Sik Cho
    • 19. Low carbon communities, energy policy and energy democracy in Japan / Thomas Feldhoff
    • 20. Smart City strategies towards sustainable transformation of China's industrial parks: the experience of Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, China / Joon Sik Kim and Xiangyi Wang
    • 21. 'Sustainable' urban habitats in Shanghai / Tyler Rooker
    • 22. The transnational search of Chinese eco-city projects: historical legacies, authoritarian political operations, and socio-economic dynamics / Shiuh-Shen Chien
    • 23. Urban transformation and city branding in the Greater Pearl River Delta / Martin de Jong, Yawei Chen, Miaoxi Zhao and Haiyan Lu.
    ISBN
    • 9781138182110 (hardback)
    • 1138182117 (hardback)
    • 9781138187481 (paperback)
    • 1138187488 (paperback)
    LCCN
    2017014226
    OCLC
    992119777
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