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Record Nr.

UNINA9910876656303321

Titolo

Worlding cities : Asian experiments and the art of being global / / edited by Ananya Roy and Aihwa Ong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

ISBN

1-283-17828-1

9786613178282

1-4443-4680-6

1-4443-4677-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (372 pages)

Collana

Studies in urban and social change

Classificazione

ARC010000

Altri autori (Persone)

RoyAnanya

OngAihwa

Disciplina

307.76095

Soggetti

Urbanization - Asia

Globalization - 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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Modeling -- pt. 2. Inter-referencing -- pt. 3. New solidarities.

Sommario/riassunto

"Worlding Cities is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different Asian models and practices of urbanization. It includes important contributions from a respected group of scholars across a range of generations, disciplines, and sites of study. Describes the new theoretical framework of 'worlding'. Substantially expands and updates the themes of capital and culture. Includes a unique collection of authors across generations, disciplines, and sites of study. Demonstrates how references to Asian power, success, and hegemony make possible urban development and limit urban politics"--

"From Dubai to Delhi and from Singapore to Shanghai, cities across Asia are sites of intense experiments with different ways of being global. This book intervenes in urban theory focused on established global cities, and instead argues that the urban globality is something that is continually being imagined, assembled, and contested. Greater Asia is a region of vibrant innovations in urban design, built forms, governance, aesthetics, and politics. Worlding Cities draws attention to



diverse projects of 'worlding' and "reworlding" that draw upon local and transnational relationships. Alternative ways of being global are instantiated through practices of mobility, modeling, and speculation that inter-reference other Asian sites. As many of the essays in this book illustrate, different Asian futures are being shaped in cities, from green governmentality to eco-city, from corporate speculations to political contestations over urban development, from "world-class" city branding to demands for "world-class" services, and from sky-high hopes to dashed dreams on the ground for city-dwellers and migrants. This inter-generation and interdisciplinary group of authors offers the first serious examination of diverse actors, energies, and conditions at play in defining new worlds of inter-Asian urbanism"--