1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779189003321

Titolo

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

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



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790576903321

Titolo

Peripheral nerve disorders / / volume editors, Gerard Said and Christian Krarup

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : , : Elsevier, , 2013

ISBN

0-444-63355-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 987 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Handbook of clinical neurology ; ; volume 115, 3rd series

Disciplina

616.85/6

Soggetti

Nerves, Peripheral - Diseases

Neurology

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

section 1. Introduction -- section 2. Structure and function -- section 3. Clinical aspects -- section 4. Plexus and compression lesions -- section 5. Inflammatory root and nerve lesions -- section 6. Neuropathy and connective tissue disorders -- section 7. Neuropathy in infectious disorders -- section 8. Neuropathy and metabolic disorders -- section 9. Neuropathy and maligancy -- section 10. Cryptogenic, traumatic and latrogenic neuropathies -- section 11. Familial neuropathies.

Sommario/riassunto

Disorders of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) are the cause of prominent neurological symptoms including weakness, sensory loss, pain and autonomic dysfunction associated with deficits, morbidity and mortality. These disorders may be primary hereditary or cryptogenic neurologic disorders confined to the PNS or part of the pathology of both the central nervous system and the PNS. Most PNS disorders are secondary to other system disorders and may be responsive to treatment of the primary disease. Important advances have been obtained in several areas including molecular genetics, biochemis