Title:
Can communications development benefit the Third World?
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Publication Information:
London : Spoon Press, 2000
ISBN:
9780419251309
General Note:
Telecommunications policy. 1 (3) : 298-304 1977
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Summary
Summary
This collection of edited papers forms part of the Compact City Series, creating a companion volume to The Compact City (1996) and Achieving Sustainable Urban Form (2000) and extends the debate to developing countries. This book examines and evaluates the merits and defects of compact city approaches in the context of developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Issues of theory, policy and practice relating to sustainability of urban form are examined by a wide range of international academics and practitioners.
Author Notes
Professor Mike Jenks is Deputy Head and Head of Research at the School of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University, Rod Burgess is Senior Lecturer at the School of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University.
Table of Contents
| Introduction |
| Part 1 Theories, Models and Instruments |
| The Compact City Debate in Developed and Developing CountriesRod Burgess |
| Compact Cities in Developing Countries: Assessment and ImplicationsHarry Richardson and Chang-Hee and Christine Bae and Murtaza Baxamusa |
| The Regional Dimension of the Compact City DebateMarisa Carmona |
| The Need and Challenge for Compact Development in Fast Growing Areas in China, The Pearl River DeltaAnthony Yeh |
| The Relevance of the Compact City Approach to the Management of Urban Growth in South AfricaDavid Dewar |
| Compact City for Hong Kong: A Sustainable Model for AsiaMahtab-uz-Zaman and Stephen Lau |
| Part 2 Environmental, Spatial, Social, Economic and Cultural Issues |
| The 'Compact City' as a Metaphor: Urban Environmentalizm in MedellinPeter Brand |
| Calcutta's Ecosystem and Compact City Environmental StrategiesPaul Downton |
| 'Guided Densification' in Brazil versus Informal Compactness in Egypt: Can Urban Management provide a Pathway to a Sustainable City?Claudia Acioly |
| The Inverted Compact City of DelhiAshok Kumar |
| Pudong in Shanghai: A High-Density 'Instant' CityStephen Lau and Mahtab-uz-Zaman |
| The Making of Compact Cities in Nigeria: A Study of AkureYoni Fawehinmi |
| Spatial Analysis of Urban Sustainability in Tainan CityKo-Wan Tsou and Yao-Lin Chang |
| Rethinking the Compact City: Informal Urban Development in CaracasKerstin Zillman |
| Cultural and Institutional Obstacles to Compact Cities in South AfricaMarinda Schoonraad |
| Views from the Urban Fringe: Habitat, Quality of Life and Gender in Santiago, Chile |
| Part 3 Policy-Making and Implementation |
| The Agricultural Consequences of Compact Development in Conurbations of Asian LDCsThomas Clark and Te-I Albert Tsai |
| From Fragmentation to Compactation: The Case of Durban, South AfricaAlison Todes and Theresa Dominik and Doug Hindson |
| Compact City Policies for Core Area RedevelopmentTony Lloyd Jones and Ripin Karla |
| Transport Dilemmas in Dense Urban Areas: Examples from Eastern AsiaPaul Barter |
| Bangkok Mass Transit Development ZonesMalcolm Moor |
| Urban Climate and Environment in Compact Cities of the Developing WorldSilvia de Schiller and Martin Evans |
| Energy in a Stratified Urban SocietySudhakara Reddy |
| Bulk Engineering Services: Costs and DensitiesSharon Biermann |
| Towards a Strategy to Minimise the Negative Effects of Urban Sprawl in BrazilAntonio Nelson da and Silva Dhaka |
| City Expansion Policy versus Compact City DemandMahtab-uz-Zaman |
| The Compact City: A High-Rise and High Density Response in Hong KongXing Quan Zhang |
| Conclusion |
| Compact City Concepts: Achieving Sustainable Urban Form in Developing Countries |
