02946nam 22005894a 450 991081700760332120200520144314.01-281-89689-69786611896898981-270-113-3(CKB)1000000000334299(EBL)296066(OCoLC)476063164(SSID)ssj0000106387(PQKBManifestationID)11133394(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000106387(PQKBWorkID)10108932(PQKB)11260174(MiAaPQ)EBC296066(WSP)00001910(Au-PeEL)EBL296066(CaPaEBR)ebr10174070(CaONFJC)MIL189689(EXLCZ)99100000000033429920050318d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAsian ethical urbanism a radical postmodern perspective /William S.W. Lim ; with an introduction by Leon van Schaik1st ed.Singapore ;Hackensack, NJ ;London World Scientific Pub.c20051 online resource (278 p.)Description based upon print version of record.981-256-313-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-226) and index.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 CreditsWith 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 thisCity planningAsiaCity planningAsiaCase studiesCity planningCity planning307.1/216/095Lim William Siew Wai1932-1750406MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817007603321Asian ethical urbanism4185908UNINA