New economic spaces in Asian cities : from industrial restructuring to the cultural turn / / edited by Peter W. Daniels, K.C. Ho and Thomas A. Hutton

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779189003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-135-27259-X; 1-280-66171-2; 9786613638649; 0-203-86015-2; 1-135-27260-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Collana: Routledge studies in human geography
• Altri autori (Persone): DanielsP. W; HoKong-Chong <1955->; HuttonT. A (Thomas A.)
• Disciplina: 307.1416095; 338.095
• Soggetti: Industrial location - Asia; Cities and towns - Asia; Asia Economic conditions 21st century
• 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: Cover; New Economic Spaces in Asian Cities: From industrial restructuring to the cultural turn; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Contextualizing the transition from industrial restructuring to the cultural turn in Asian cities; Part I: Situating the cultural turn in the Asian city; 2. Changing landscapes of services and restructuring in Asian cities; 3. The cultural turn and urban development in Asia; 4. The cultural economy and the re-layering of space in the city; Part II: The new cultural economy and the reconstruction of space in Asian cities5. Film festivals in Asian cities; 6. Craft and creativity: New economic spaces in Kyoto; 7. The diversity of innovation patterns in new industries: The case of "Cool Japan"; 8. New economic space, policies, and social actors: The development of Kangnam area from ; urban fringe to the centre of new economy and relational governance; 9. Mapping the Hong-Dae area in Seoul: a new and unstable economic space?; 10. From 'Paris of the East' to 'New York of Asia'? The (re)development of Shanghai as a financial centre; 11. New economy space, new social relations: M50 and Shanghai's new art world in the making12. Selling place through art: The creation and establishment of Beijing's 798 Art District; 13. Shenzhen's evolution from tabula rasa laboratory of new Chinese urbanism to creative post-industrial UNESCO City of Design; 14. The cultural economy in the developmental state: A comparison of the Chinatown and Little India districts in Singapore; 15. Making/marketing heritage: Chinatowns in Southeast Asia; 16. Epilogue: implications for theory, policy and planning practice; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The East and Southeast Asia region constitutes the world's most compelling theatre of accelerated globalization and industrial restructuring. Following a spectacular realization of the 'industrialization paradigm' and a period of services-led growth, the early twenty-first century economic landscape among leading Asian states now comprises a burgeoning 'New Economy' spectrum of the most advanced industrial trajectories, including finance, the knowledge economy and the 'new cultural economy'. In an agenda-setting volume, New Economic Spaces in Asian Cities draws on stimulating resea