Routledge Handbook of Asian Cities

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This handbook provides the most comprehensive examination of Asian cities—developed and developing, large and small—and their urban development. Investigating the urban challenges and opportunities of cities from every nation in Asia, the handbook engages not only the global cities like Shanghai, Tokyo, Singapore, Seoul, and Mumbai but also less studied cities like Dili, Malé, Bandar Seri Begawan, Kabul, and Pyongyang. The handbook discusses Asian cities in alignment to the United Nations’ New Urban Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals in order to contribute to global policy debates. In doing so, it critically reflects on the development trajectories of Asian cities and imagines an urban future, in Asia and the world, in the post-sustainable, post-global, and post-pandemic era. Presenting 43 chapters of original, insightful research, this book will be of interest to scholars, practitioners, students, and general readers in the fields of urban development, urban policy and planning, urban studies, and Asian studies. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Part I Introduction Chapter 1 Urban Asia in perspective Chapter 2 Smart cities in Asia: Ambiguity, innovation, and evolution Chapter 3 Asian cities in and beyond COVID-19 Chapter 4 Vulnerable resilience in COVID-19: Invisibility and adaptability of the ‘informal’ cities of Southeast Asia Chapter 5 Making liveable cities: Experiences from Asia and the Pacific Part II East Asian cities Chapter 6 East Asian cities: Deindustrialisation, greening, and the new geography of urbanisation Chapter 7 Hong Kong: One city, three spatial forms, and two possible fates? Chapter 8 Pyongyang: An urban metamorphosis under the power of marketisation Chapter 9 Seoul: Pursuing and sharing a global city Chapter 10 Shanghai: New directions in Chinese metropolitan planning Chapter 11 Taipei: Towards a liveable and sustainable city Chapter 12 Tokyo: Reinventing the modern Asian metropolis through adaptive strategies Chapter 13 Ulaanbaatar: When international plans and local preferences over urban densification collide Chapter 14 Xi’an: From an ancient world city to a 21st-century global logistics centre Part III South Asian cities Chapter 15 South Asian cities: Informalisation of ecological and social change Chapter 16 Colombo: From colonial outpost to indigenous kleptocratic city Chapter 17 Delhi: Rethinking Indian urbanism through the capital’s multi-nuclei development Chapter 18 Dhaka: Growth management challenges for a rapidly urbanising megacity Chapter 19 Kabul: The 21st-century urbanism we did not expect Chapter 20 Karachi: Changing institutional landscapes, challenges, and reforms Chapter 21 Kathmandu Valley: Unrealised proposals, decades of urban chaos, and planning for a better future Chapter 22 Malé: Decentralising the world’s densest island capital—plans, determination, and challenges Chapter 23 Mumbai: ‘Mess is more’—value and shortcomings of the city’s ad hoc development process Chapter 24 Thimphu: Tranquil, peace, and happy city of the Himalayas Part IV Southeast Asian cities Chapter 25 Southeast Asian cities: The imbalances of urban development Chapter 26 Bandar Seri Begawan: Why is Brunei’s capital chasing foreign dollars? Chapter 27 Bangkok: Creative disorder and the military imagination Chapter 28 Dili: Hurdles in constructing the urban from the ground Chapter 29 Ho Chi Minh City: Can it avoid the path dependence with Thu Duc City? Chapter 30 Jakarta: Seeking the sustainable megacity region Chapter 31 Kuala Lumpur: Post-Vision 2020 and post-pandemic futures Chapter 32 Manila: Aspiring to be an inclusive, resilient, and sustainable city amidst climate and disaster risks Chapter 33 Phnom Penh: Towards a post-dependency metropolisation? Chapter 34 Singapore: Planning for healthy ageing Chapter 35 Vientiane: Challenges in the policies and practices for sustainable urban development in a ‘least developed’ city Chapter 36 Yangon: Displacement urbanism, housing provisionality, and feminist spatial practices—an infrastructure of care at the urban margin Part V Central Asian cities Chapter 37 Central Asian cities: Challenges in balancing global, national, and local development needs Chapter 38 Almaty: Modernisation through spatial reordering—stratification, transport sector reforms, and Eurasianism Chapter 39 Ashgabat: The architecture as a showcase of a personal regime Chapter 40 Bishkek: Searching for Asianness in a post-Soviet city Chapter 41 Dushanbe: Urban transformation, changing spaces, and identities in Tajikistan Chapter 42 Tashkent: Aspiring for entrepreneurship and innovation hub Part VI Conclusion Chapter 43 The Asian city in a new urban age Index