Public Places in Asia Pacific Cities: Current Issues and StrategiesPu Miao Springer Science & Business Media, 2001 M08 31 - 392 pages PUMIAO 1. The Subject Matter: Urban Public Places 2. The Location: Asia Pacific Region 3. The Purpose of the'"Book: For the Makers of Public Places 4. The Three Perspectives of the Book: Description, Criticism, and Intervention 5. Perspective One: Characteristics of Asia Pacific Cities and Their Public Places (1) High Population Density (2) Large Cities (3) Mixed Uses (4) Government-Centered and Pro-Development Culture (5) The East-versus-West Bipolarity (6) Small Amount of Public Space (7) Absence of Large Nodes and Overall Structure in Public Space (8) Intensive Use of Public Space (9) Ambiguous Boundary between the Public and the Private Summaries of Chapters 1-5 6. Perspective Two: Current Issues and Debates (1) Identity Formal Identity Functional Identity (2) Sustainability High-Tech versus Low-Tech High-Density versus Low-Density (3) Equality Equal Participation Equal Accessibility Summaries of Chapters 6-9 7. Perspective Three: Major Trends in Design and Theory (1) The "Grey" Relationship between the Public and the Private (2) The Transformation of Traditional Typology (3) Indigenous Decoration, Color and Material in New Applications (4) The Tropical Public Place Summaries of Chapters 10-17 8. Conclusion Pu Miao (ed. ), Public Places in Asia Pacific Cities, 1-45. © 2001 Kluwer Academic Publishers. 2 P. MIAO 1. The Subject Matter: Urban Public Places A visitor to Kuala Lumpur will hardly forget the experience of strolling among the fragrant fruits sold under the overhang of the five-foot walkway during a tropical downfall. |
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... ( central busi- ness district ) at the center to the middle - class residential suburbs at the periphery . In contrast , Asia Pacific cities are well known for their mixture of different land uses . For example , thousands of tiny stores ...
... ( central busi- ness district ) at the center to the middle - class residential suburbs at the periphery . In contrast , Asia Pacific cities are well known for their mixture of different land uses . For example , thousands of tiny stores ...
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... central Tokyo one - third of the land is covered by buildings ) , has obviously contributed to the limited area of public open space.45 Besides , most modern Asian metropolises began not from traditional state capitals but from ...
... central Tokyo one - third of the land is covered by buildings ) , has obviously contributed to the limited area of public open space.45 Besides , most modern Asian metropolises began not from traditional state capitals but from ...
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... Central Park in New York . As criticized by Indian architect Charles Correa , however , these sizable chunks of " public spaces " labeled in governmental maps and reports actu- ally may have little to do with the daily needs of the ...
... Central Park in New York . As criticized by Indian architect Charles Correa , however , these sizable chunks of " public spaces " labeled in governmental maps and reports actu- ally may have little to do with the daily needs of the ...
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... Central Finance District ( Shanghai's new CBD ) , the then Mayor Zhu Rongji scrapped the local planners ' scheme and invited four well - known international architects in 1992 to compete for a new master plan . None of them had worked ...
... Central Finance District ( Shanghai's new CBD ) , the then Mayor Zhu Rongji scrapped the local planners ' scheme and invited four well - known international architects in 1992 to compete for a new master plan . None of them had worked ...
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