{"product_id":"sustainable-cities-in-asia-9781138182110","title":"Sustainable Cities in Asia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith Asia's cities undergoing unprecedented growth in the 21st century, lauded the urban century' by many, \u003cem\u003eSustainable Cities in Asia\u003c\/em\u003e provides a timely examination of the challenges facing cities across the continent including some of the projects, approaches and solutions that are currently being tested.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book uses numerous case studies, analysing topical issues ranging from city cycling in India, to green spaces in China, to the use of community-led energy generation projects in post-Fukushima Japan. Containing contributions from an international team of scholars, it also takes a multi-disciplinary approach and draws on examples from a wide range of countries, including China, India, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. Ultimately, by providing a comprehensive discussion of the broader debates around the shape of sustainable urbanism, it demonstrates that Asia is one of the most active regions in terms of the development of sustainable c\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface, \u003ci\u003eSimon Joss and Robert Cowley \u003c\/i\u003eIntroduction, \u003ci\u003eLi Yu and Federico Caprotti \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSECTION I: THE SUSTAINABLE CITY IN ASIA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e1. Unlocking urban trajectories: planning for environmentally just transitions in Asia, \u003cem\u003eCaren Levy, Adriana Allen, Vanesa Castán Broto and Linda Westman \u003c\/em\u003e2. The story does not remain the same: multi-scalar perspectives on sustainable urban development in Asia and Hong Kong, \u003cem\u003eFederico Cugurullo\u003c\/em\u003e 3. Does the Asian property market work for sustainable urban developments?, \u003cem\u003eFatih Eren\u003c\/em\u003e 4. Migration and urbanization in contemporary Asia: addressing urban inequalities and promoting social sustainability, \u003cem\u003eMegha Amrith\u003c\/em\u003e 5. Let’s Focus on connections: reading Chinese eco-cities from a relational, multi-scalar perspective,\u003cem\u003e I-Chun Catherine Chang\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cb\u003eSECTION II: CHALLENGES AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES \u003c\/b\u003e6. Green as urban spectacle in China, \u003cem\u003eXuefei Ren\u003c\/em\u003e 7. Property-led urban growth, institutional change and urban sustainability: the case of China in an international perspective, \u003cem\u003eYunqing Xu and Xi'an Jiaotong \u003c\/em\u003e8. The impacts of high-speed rail on Shanghai’s suburban communities: social sustainability and environmental justice, \u003cem\u003eShuping Zhang and Zhu Qian\u003c\/em\u003e 9. The Kathputli Conundrum: slum redevelopment and the institutionalisation of unsustainability, \u003cem\u003eAnubhav Pradhan \u003c\/em\u003e10. Sustainable cities in South Asian countries: a politico-cultural perspective, \u003cem\u003eDillip Kumar Das\u003c\/em\u003e 11. Buying (into) sustainability: technocratic environmentalism in Abu Dhabi, \u003cem\u003eSurajit Chakravarty\u003c\/em\u003e 12. Songdo: the hype and decline of world’s first smart city, \u003cem\u003eSeungho Yoo\u003c\/em\u003e 13. Challenging the eco-city: residents’ perceptions of social sustainability in Tianjin Eco-City, China, \u003cem\u003eFederico Caprotti and Ziyue Gong\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSECTION III: SHAPING THE SUSTAINABLE CITY IN ASIA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e14. Sustainable community development in Taipei, Taiwan, \u003cem\u003eYung-Jaan Lee\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e15. Can mega events lead to sustainable urban development? The case of Beijing and Guangzhou, \u003cem\u003eYawei Chen and Lu Wang\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e16. A changing cultural narrative of citizenship, urbanism and cycling in Indian cities, \u003cem\u003eLinda Carroli and Mirko Guaralda\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e17. A difficult birth: creating Seoul, the 21st century sustainable city,\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eSofia T. Shwayri \u003c\/em\u003e18. Changing approaches to community participation for social sustainability: neighbourhood planning in Singapore and Seoul, \u003cem\u003eIm Sik Cho\u003c\/em\u003e19. Low carbon communities, energy policy and energy democracy in Japan, \u003cem\u003eThomas Feldhoff\u003c\/em\u003e 20. Smart City strategies towards sustainable transformation of China’s industrial parks: the experience of Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, China, \u003cem\u003eJoon Sik Kim and Xiangyi Wang \u003c\/em\u003e21. ‘Sustainable’ urban habitats in Shanghai, \u003cem\u003eTyler Rooker\u003c\/em\u003e 22. The transnational search of Chinese eco-city projects: historical legacies, authoritarian political operations, and socio-economic dynamics, \u003cem\u003eShiuh-Shen Chien\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e23. Urban transformation and city branding in the Greater Pearl River Delta, \u003cem\u003eMartin de Jong, Yawei Chen, Miaoxi Zhao and Haiyan Lu\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577807343959,"sku":"9781138182110","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138182110.jpg?v=1746096780","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sustainable-cities-in-asia-9781138182110","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}