{"product_id":"vertical-urbanism-9781138208995","title":"Vertical Urbanism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudies of compact cities have evolved along with the rising awareness of climate change and sustainable development. Relevant debates, however, reveal that the prevailing definitions and practices of compact cities are tied primarily to traditional Western urban forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book reinterprets compact city, and develops a ground-breaking discourse of Vertical Urbanism, a concept that has never been critically articulated. It emphasizes Vertical Urbanism as a dynamic design strategy instead of a static form, distinguishing it from the stereotyped concept of vertical city or towers in the park dominant in China and elsewhere, and suggests its adaptability to different geographic and cultural contexts. Using Chinese cities as laboratories of investigation, this book explores the design, ecological, and sociocultural dimensions of building compact cities, and addresses important global urban issues through localized design solutions, such as the relationship betw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eList of figures \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eList of tables \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eList of contributors \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ePreface\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Framing the Discourse of Vertical Urbanism\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1. Vertical Urbanism: Re-conceptualizing the Compact City \u003cbr\u003e2. When New Urbanism Gets Old: Cultural Difference in Global City Design \u003cbr\u003e3. Hong Kong’s Transit-Oriented Podium-Tower Development \u003cbr\u003e4. City without Landmark: The Soft City for the Ageing Society \u003cbr\u003e5. From Manhattan-ism to Bigness: Reconsidering an Alternative Urbanism of Rem Koolhaas \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Urban Design and Transformation of Chinese Cities \u003c\/b\u003e6. The City after the City \u003cbr\u003e7. Urban Regeneration and Public Space Making: Case Study of Urban Design for the North Bund in Shanghai \u003cbr\u003e8. Urbanism in a Skyscraper: A Study of Vertical Malls in Hong Kong \u003cbr\u003e9. Deterritorialization and the Collective Memories of Contemporary Shanghai \u003cbr\u003e10. Restoring Hydrophilic Cities: Strategies of Urban Waterfront Space Classification and Design in Suzhou \u003cbr\u003e11. Vertical Development and Urban Design: The Jiefangbei Experience \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Compact City and Eco-city\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e12. Performance-based Model for Vertical Urbanism \u003cbr\u003e13. Compact Development in Hong Kong \u003cbr\u003e14. Spatial Metrics of Urban Form: Measuring Compact Cities in China \u003cbr\u003e15. Eco-city Planning in China: A Review of Policies and Cases 2009–2015 \u003cbr\u003e16. Living off the Ground: Cautionary Tales from a Small Island \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Expanding Pedagogical Territory \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e17. Experiencing the Compact City: A Pedagogy of Global Engagement \u003cbr\u003e18. Suzhou Industrial Park High-speed Rail Station Business District \u003cbr\u003e19. Redevelopment of Xiangmen Area in the Historic Center of Suzhou \u003cbr\u003e20. Wuyuan Bay Waterfront Redevelopment in Xiamen \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndex\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407215731031,"sku":"9781138208995","price":199.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/vertical-urbanism-9781138208995","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}