Sustainable Cities in Asia (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Caprotti, Federico; Yu, Li

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the meanings of sustainable urbanism in contemporary Asian cities, looking at the main sustainability challenges faced in the region. Providing discussion on the broader debates around sustainable urbanism in Asia, it includes numerous case studies from urban cycling, to the use of community-led energy generation projects.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317284888
• Artikelnr.: 49207569

Autorenporträt

Federico Caprotti is Associate Professor in Human Geography at the University of Exeter. Li Yu is Reader in Planning at Cardiff University and Director of the UK-China Research Centre for Eco-Cities and Sustainable Development.

Inhaltsangabe

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 and Xi'an Jiaotong 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 Cho19. 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