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The ten essays in Future Challenges of Cities in Asia engage with some of the most critical urban questions of the near future across Asia. These comprise socio-economic and cultural transitions as a result of urbanization; environmental challenges, especially questions of climate change, natural disasters, and environmental justice; and the challenges of urban infrastructure, built form, and new emerging types of urban settlements. The essays demonstrate that it is increasingly difficult to conceptualize the 'urban' as one particular type of settlement. Rather, it would be more accurate to say that the 'urban' characterizes a global transition in the way we are beginning to think about settlements. This book is of interest not only to researchers interested in comparative and inter-disciplinary research, but also to urban practitioners more broadly, illustrating through concrete cases the challenges that urban regions in Asia and beyond are facing, and the various opportunities that exist for dealing with these challenges.
Contents
About the Three UKNA Volumes Future Challenges of Cities in Asia: An Introduction Gregory Bracken, Paul Rabé, R. Parthasarathy, Neha Sami, and Bing Zhang Human Agency in the Asian City Shiqiao Li Towards Inclusive, Vital and Livable City Scenarios: Transformation of Urban Villages in Shenzhen Lei Qu Cultural Dilemma in Beijing's Urban Regeneration: From Liulichang Antique Street to Qianmen Street and Yangmeizhu Oblique Street Wan Liu Housing as Heritage: The Great Urban Dilemma of the Global City of Shanghai Non Arkaraprasertkul Not an Act of God: Lessons from a Disaster in the Settlements Planning of a River City Carmeli Marie C. Chaves The Political Ecology of Climate Injustice in Bangkok Danny Marks Assessing Flood-related Vulnerability of the Urban Poor Hendricus Andy Simarmata, Anna-Katharina Hornidge, and Christoph Antweiler The Ecological Future of Cities: Evaluating the Role of Green Infrastructure in Promoting Sustainability/Resilience in India Ian Mell Hong Kong's "Rail-Plus-Property" Development, a Model for Financing Public Transport in Southeast Asian Developing Cities? Clément Musil Large Infrastructure Projects - The Emergence of Corridors in Asia Amogh Arakali and Jyothi Koduganti
