UID:
almafu_9959242979202883
Umfang:
1 online resource (278 p.)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-89689-6
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9786611896898
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981-270-113-3
Inhalt:
With the impending demise of modernist planning, the footprints and corpses of failed modernist visions are littered everywhere. A vacuum of implementable urban theories has occurred at the time when unprecedented expansion and restructuring of cities in rapidly developing economies are taking place. In this collection of essays, William S W Lim zeroes in on the peculiarities and dynamics of present Asian urban and architectural conditions in order to challenge and transcend the socio-ecological forms and political influences generated by the current system of global capitalism. Part I of this
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Comments; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART 1 Asian Ethical Urbanism: A Radical Postmodern Perspective; 01 Asian Ethical Urbanism: A Radical Postmodern Perspective; PART 2 Collected Essays; 02 Asian Architecture in the New Millennium: A Postmodern Imagery; 03 Ancient Quarter Hanoi: A Living Tradition; 04 Have You Been Shanghaied?: Culture and Urbanism in Glocalised Shanghai; 05 Architecture, Art, Identity in Singapore: Is There Life After Tabula Rasa?; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Photographic Credits
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 981-256-313-X
Sprache:
Englisch
