Developing living cities : from analysis to action / / editors, Seetharam Kallidaikurichi & Belinda Yuen ; [supported by] Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910819757503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010
• ISBN: 1-283-14448-4; 9786613144485; 981-4304-50-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (314 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): SeetharamKallidaikurichi; YuenBelinda K. P
• Disciplina: 025.06/33372
• Soggetti: City planning - Social aspects - Singapore; City planning - Environmental aspects - Singapore; Urban policy - Singapore; Cities and towns - Singapore
• 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: Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; CONTENTS; Contributors; 1. Introduction: The Dynamics of Living Cities Seetharam Kallidaikurichi and Belinda Yuen; 2. Developing Strategically Competitive Cities Ng Mee Kam and Dennis Hui Lai Hang; 3. Committed Cities and the Problems of Governance: Micromanaging the Unmanageable John Wanna and Jennifer Craik; 4. Resilient Infrastructure Cities Peter Newman; 5. Transport and Communications Cities Peter White; 6. Benchmarking IT Cities Kenneth E. Corey and Mark I. Wilson; 7. Environmentally Sustainable Cities Jeremy Harris and Rita Padawangi; 8. Creating and Sustaining Liveable Cities Austin Ley and Peter Newton9. Adequate Shelter Cities Belinda Yuen; 10. Achieving Sustainable Cities Seetharam Kallidaikurichi, Priyanka Anand and Daniel Tay; 11. Conclusion: The Actionable Agenda of Living Cities Belinda Yuen and Seetharam Kallidaikurichi; Afterword: Another View Jay W. Forrester; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: With more and more of the world's population projected to live in urban ; areas, the life and death of cities has become a key factor in urban development considerations. This book attempts to bring an original contribution on the analysis of creating living cities. It advances the concept and framework of a ""living city"" and also explicates the key attributes of a ""living city"" that are increasingly critical to the reinvigoration and sustainable growth of cities.The book also seeks to document and compare Singapore's development as a ""living city"" with other cities around the world. Contr