Globalizing Taipei (eBook, PDF)

The Political Economy of Spatial Development
Redaktion: Kwok, Reginald

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the evolution and development pattern of Taipei against a background of increasing globalization, each contributor considering from a different perspective the historical and current trends at work in this key Asian Dragon city.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134326310
• Artikelnr.: 42635887

Autorenporträt

Reginald Yin-Wang Kwok is Professor of Asian Studies and Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Hawaii in Manoa. He is the founding director of the Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management at the University of Hong Kong. His research interests cover the political economy of Chinese development and urbanization, globalization in East Asia, urban econmic and spatial development, and cultural impact on urban design.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Asian Dragons, South China Growth Triangle, Developmental
Governance and Globalizing Taipei Part 1: Economic and Spatial
Restructuring 1. The Evolution of Economic Base: From Industrial City,
Post-Industrial City to Interface City2. The Development of Economic
Structure: Producer Services and Growth Constraints3. The Transformation of
Spatial Structure: From a Monocentric to a Polycentric CityPart 2: State
and Society Realignment 4. Urban Politics and Spatial Development: The
Energence of a Participatory Planning5. Provision for Collective
Consumption: Housing Production under Neoliberalism6. Domestic Politics in
Urban Image Creation: Xinyi as the "Manhattan of Taipei"Part 3: Social
Differentiation7. Social Polarization and Income Inequality: Migration and
Urban Labor Market8. Daily Consumption in a Globalizing City: Food Markets
at the CrossroadsPart 4: Cultural Reorientation 9. Modernization Ideoscope:
Imaginative Geography and Aesthetic Landscape in Taipei Rapid Transit
System10. Commentary on the Marginalized Society: Tsai Ming-Liang's
Films11. Postscript: Current Dilemma and Future Uncertainty