1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463213203321

Titolo

Harbin to Hanoi : Colonial Built Environment in Asia, 1840 to 1940 / / edited by Laura Victoir and Victor Zatsepine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hong Kong : , : Hong Kong University Press, , 2012

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2013

©2012

ISBN

988-8180-72-X

988-220-389-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (315 p.)

Collana

Global connections.

Altri autori (Persone)

ZatsepineVictor

VictoirLaura A

Disciplina

307.76095

Soggetti

Architecture, Colonial - Asia

Colonies - Asia - History

Urbanization - Asia - History - 20th century

Urbanization - Asia - History - 19th century

Colonial cities - Asia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Russia, Railways, and Urban Development in Manchuria, 1896-1930; 3. Beans to Banners; 4. France, Brossard Mopin, and Manchukuo; 5. International Concessions and the Modernization of Tianjin; 6. Mapping Colonial Space; 7. The Architecture of Risk; 8. Fabricating Justice; 9. Making Space for Higher Education in Colonial Hong Kong,  1887-1913; 10. Colonial Hanoi; 11. Hygienic Colonial Residences in Hanoi; 12. Domesticating the Suburbs; 13. Afterword; Index; Plates

Sommario/riassunto

Colonial powers in China and northern Vietnam employed the built environment for many purposes: as an expression of imperial aspirations, a manifestation of supremacy, a mission to civilize, a re-creation of a home away from home, or simply as a place to live and



work. In this volume, scholars of city planning, architecture, and Asian and imperial history provide a detailed analysis of how colonization worked on different levels, and how it was expressed in stone, iron, and concrete. The process of creating the colonial built environment was multilayered and unpredictable. This book uncovers t

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465633103321

Titolo

Institutional and social innovation for sustainable urban development / / edited by Harald A. Mieg and Klaus Topfer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-09811-0

1-299-27906-6

1-136-22560-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (441 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in sustainable development ; ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

MiegHarald A <1961-> (Harald Alard)

TopferKlaus <1938->

Disciplina

577.5/6

Soggetti

Sustainable urban development

City planning - Environmental aspects

Urban ecology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Social innovations for sustainability -- pt. 2. Urban transformations -- pt. 3. Urban transition management-- from an institutional perspective -- pt. 4. The (new) role of science.

Sommario/riassunto

Which new institutions do we need in order to trigger local- and global sustainable urban development? Are cities the right starting points for implementing sustainability policies? If so, what are the implications for city management? This book reflects the situation of cities in the context of global change and increasing demands for sustainable development.The book introduces core findings, new methods, and international experience related to sustainability innovations and the



social transformation of cities, synthesizing insights from megacity research, sustainability science, an