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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817007603321

Autore

Lim William Siew Wai <1932->

Titolo

Asian ethical urbanism : a radical postmodern perspective / / William S.W. Lim ; with an introduction by Leon van Schaik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ ; ; London, : World Scientific Pub., c2005

ISBN

1-281-89689-6

9786611896898

981-270-113-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Disciplina

307.1/216/095

Soggetti

City planning - Asia

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 (p. 215-226) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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