Critical Reflections on Cities in Southeast Asia
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A dozen papers highlight issues facing cities in the region, consider the consequences of certain courses of action, and offer alternative imaginings. They are revised from presentations at the Southeast Asian Urban Futures workshop in Singapore in July 2000. The contributors are urban planners, geographers, architects, and related scholars from Asia, Australia, and North America. Co-published by Times Academic and Brill, which distributes the book. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) CONTENTS Contributors List of Figures List of Tables Preface 1 Critical Reflections on Cities in Southeast Asia Part 1: (Re)conceptualization 2 Reconstructing 'The Southeast Asian City' in an Era of Volatile Globalization 3 Malaysia's Multimedia Technopole: A Nationalist Response to Globalization and Post-industrialism 4 From Walking City to Telematic Metropolis: Changing Urban Form in Bandung, Indonesia 5 Troubling Real-estate: Reflecting on Urban Form in Southeast Asia 6 Architecture after Nationalism: Political Imaginings of Southeast Asian Architects Part 2: Inter-city Competition 7 Urban Entrepreneurialism and Downtown Transformation in Marina Centre, Singapore: A Case Study of Suntec City 8 Urban Entrepreneurialism and Downtown Transformation in Marina Centre, Singapore: A Case Study of Suntec City 9 Globalization, Inter-city Competition and the Rise of Civil Society: Toward Livable Cities in Pacific Asia Part 3: Intervention 10 Corporate Cities - Urban Gateways or Gated Communities Against the City?: The Case of Lippo, Jakarta 11 Urban Poor Communities in State-Civil Society Dynamics: Constraints and Possibilities for Housing and Security of Tenure in Metro Manila 12 Gender and Governance in Poverty Alleviation: Social Services Delivery in Baguio City, Philippines 13 Tourism Heritage Projects: Community Involvement in Three Malaysian Cities Index
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