Incomplete urbanism : a critical urban strategy for emerging economies / / William S.W. Lim

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910974564803321
• Autore: Lim William Siew Wai <1932-2023>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2012
• ISBN: 981-4383-87-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (144 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.1416
• Soggetti: Cities and towns - Philosophy; Sociology, Urban - Developing countries; Sustainable architecture - Developing countries; City planning - Developing countries; Cities and towns - Developing countries - Growth
• 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. 107-120) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABOUT ASIAN URBAN LAB/ AUTHOR/ DESIGNER/ PUBLISHER; FOREWORD; NOTES; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I IMPACT OF NEW WORLD ORDER; 1. GLOBAL FINANCIAL TURMOIL AND CAPITAL SURPLUS; 2. NEW POWER BALANCE; 3. CLIMATIC CRISIS AND SUSTAINABILITY; POPULATION GROWTH, POVERTY AND SUSTAINABILITY; CHALLENGES TO RICH COUNTRIES; OUT OF THE POVERTY TRAP; 4. NEW KNOWLEDGE AND VALUE CHANGE; PART II INCOMPLETE URBANISM; 1. PRESENT URBAN THEORIES; MODERN MOVEMENT; INTERNATIONAL STYLE; CONTESTATION; ICONICITY; ICON MYTH; CULTURE OF GREED; ARCHITECTURE WITH NATIONAL CHARACTERISTIC; 2. CURRENT URBAN CHALLENGES POST-PLANNING; ECO-CITY SYNDROME; OPEN CITY AND CONTEMPORARINESS; 3. RESETTING THE MODERNIST PAST; RESETTING HISTORIOGRAPHY; BEYOND RESETTING THE MODERNIST PAST; DEMOCRACY; HUMAN RIGHTS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MODEL; 4. SUSTAINABLE CITIES; INCREMENTAL ACTIONS NOT ENOUGH; WATER SUPPLY; AIR POLLUTION; RECYCLING; URBAN AGRICULTURE; NEW BUILDINGS AND RETROFITTING; GLOCAL SUSTAINABILITY; CREATIVE, CRITICAL AND VIBRANT; CREATIVE; ; CRITICAL; VIBRANT; 5. A CRITICAL URBAN STRATEGY; DEFINING INCOMPLETE URBANISM; REGULATING PLOT RATIO WITH SIZEABLE ZONES; INTENSIFYING EXISTING CITIES APPLYING INCREMENTAL INSTRUMENTS; IMPLEMENTING INCOMPLETE URBANISM; TALL BUILDINGS; URBAN FORMS; TRANSPORT; CHAOS AND VIBRANCY; ETHICS AND SPATIAL JUSTICE; PART III CHALLENGES OF EMERGING ECONOMIES; 1. MULTIPLE MODERNITIES AND LOCALISM; NATION-STATE; RELATIVE TRUTH; 2. SPATIAL JUSTICE AND THE CITY; TENANCY RIGHT; HOUSING FOR LOW-INCOME; SAFEGUARDING THE COMMONS; 3. STATE CAPITALISM AND SOCIAL JUSTICE; 4. UNFOLDING MULTI-ARCHITECTURAL IDENTITIES; CENTRE IS A VOID; HIGH DENSITY CITYSCAPE; SIMULTANEOUS MODERNITIES; BROKEN MODERNISM; EPILOGUE; CONCEPTUAL DIVERGENCE OF CULTURAL VALUES AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEMAND FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE BEYOND POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES; URBAN PUBLIC HOUSING IN EMERGING ECONOMIES; SHARON SIDDIQUE; TALL BUILDINGS; URBAN FORMS; TRANSPORT; CHAOS AND VIBRANCY; ETHICS AND SPATIAL JUSTICE; RANDOLF S. DAVID; ENDNOTES; WORKS CITED; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Foreword by Leon van Schaik. Incomplete Urbanism is a dynamic, hybrid interactive concept, which destabilizes the current architectural and urban theories and practices. Its main characteristics are indeterminacy, inconsistency and changeability, which are particularly challenging in the context of the New World Order and the fast emerging global digital network. It is a concept that can be effectively applied to any sizeable section of existing cities without the need for major readjustments and can be implemented at different rates in response to specific local conditions. As for the word 'c