East west perspectives on 21st century urban development : sustainable eastern and western cities in the new millennium

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Aldershot : Ashgate Publishing, 1999

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9781840143171

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Sociology, Urban

Cities and town

Cities and towns -- Growth

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Brotchie, John

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Analyzing and chronicling the continued development of key information, communication and fast transport networks at a global and regional level, this book looks at the transition to an information-based economy, and its urban impacts, at a global, regional and city level.

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Professor Sir Peter Hall, Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning, University College London, London, UK.
Professor Terry McGee, Director, Institute of Asian Research, Department of Geography, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Professor Graeme Hugo, Department of Geography, University of Adelaide, South Australia.
Dr Michael Lindfield, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Professor Robert Stimson, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Department of Geographical Sciences and Planning, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Dr Ibu Budhy Tjahjati Soegijoko, Chair Urban and Regional Development Institute, Deputy Chair, Foreign Cooperation Bappenas, Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia.
Professor Kingsley Haynes, Institute of Public Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA.
Professor Roger Stough, Institute of Public Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA.
Professor Stephen Hamnett, School of Geoinformatics, Planning and Building, University of South Australia, Adelaide.
Professor Michael Lennon, Regional and Urban Planning, University of Adelaide, South Australia.
Dr Reza Kazemian Department of Architecture And Town Planning Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, Waseda University Graduate School of Social Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
Professor Folke Snickars, Regional Planning Institute, Royal Institute o Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
Professor Mamoru Taniguchi, Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Okayama University, Japan.
Dr Peter Newton, Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Building Construction and Engineering, Melbourne, and Associate Director, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
Dr Peter Manins, Csiro Division of Atmospheric Research, Aspendale, Victoria, Australia.
Dr Howard Dick, Department of Business Development and Corporate History, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Professor Peter Rimmer, Department of Human Geography, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra
Professor Peter Newman, Institute of Science and Technology Policy, Murdoch University, Western Australia.
Dr Jeff Kenworthy, Institute of Science and Technology Policy, Murdoch University, Western Australia.
Dr Felix Laube, Institute of Science and Technology Policy, Murdoch University, Western Australia.
Dr John Brotchie, Csiro Building Construction and Engineering, Melbourne, Australia.
Dr Peter Gipps, Csiro Building Construction and Engineering, Melbourne, Australia.
Dr David James, Director, Eco Services, Sydney, Australia.
Dr Don MacRae, Director, Plan Ecos, Canberra, Australia.
Mr Jeremy Morris, Director, Morris Consultants, Canberra, Australia.
Professor Gus Hooke, President, Australasian Institute, Sydney, Australia.
Professor John Dickey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, USA.

Peter HallTerry McGeeGraeme HugoMichael Lindfield and Robert StimsonIbu Budhy Tjahjati SoegijokoKingsley Haynes and Roger StoughStephen Hamnett and Michael LennonReza KazemianFolke SnickarsMamoru TaniguchiPeter Newton and Peter ManinsHoward Dick and Peter RimmerPeter Newman and Jeff Kenworthy and Felix LaubeJohn Brotchie and Peter Gipps and David James and Don MacRae and Jeremy MorrisGus HookeJohn Brotchie and Peter Newton and Peter Hall and John Dickey

List of Contributors	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
Part I The Rise of Asian Mega-Cities
1 Planning for the Mega-City: A New Eastern Asian Urban Form?	p. 3
2 Urbanisation in an Era of Volatile Globalisation: Policy Problematiques for the 21st Century	p. 37
3 Demographic Perspectives on Urban Development in Asia at the Turn of the Century	p. 53
4 Urban Economic Development and Globalisation Linkages in the Pacific Rim	p. 89
5 National Urban Development Strategy in Indonesia--Case Study: Jabotabek	p. 125
Part II Changing Western Cities
6 Space, Technology and the Edge City: Patterns of Service and Infrastructure Investments--The US National Capital Region	p. 147
7 Strategic Planning and the Competitive City: Adelaide, South Australia	p. 179
8 Net, City and Locality--Technological Impacts on Stockholm	p. 213
9 The Sustainable Network Society--A Scenario Study of Transport and Communications	p. 221
Part III Urban and Environmental Amenity
10 Environmental and Urban Amenity in a Growing Mega-City--Tokyo as a Blend of East and West	p. 265
11 Cities and Air Pollution	p. 277
12 Privatising Climate: First World Cities in South East Asia	p. 305
Part IV East West Comparisons
13 The Global City and Sustainability--Perspectives from Australian Cities and a Survey of 37 Global Cities	p. 327
14 Sustainability of Eastern and Western Cities	p. 355
15 Income Shifts Between East and West	p. 379
Epilogue	p. 391
Bibliography	p. 403
Index	p. 427

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