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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... future social and economic systems ? 106 Isn't it dangerous to blindly trust one ideology ( such as free - market capitalism ) in the development of cities ? Will a " dualist " economy stay much longer than some expect in most ...
... future social and economic systems ? 106 Isn't it dangerous to blindly trust one ideology ( such as free - market capitalism ) in the development of cities ? Will a " dualist " economy stay much longer than some expect in most ...
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... future urban development . In his theory of “ parallel development " Abel argues that , instead of any clean - cut model , many Asian cities simultaneously embrace several " primary cultures , " old and new , such as the " vernacular ...
... future urban development . In his theory of “ parallel development " Abel argues that , instead of any clean - cut model , many Asian cities simultaneously embrace several " primary cultures , " old and new , such as the " vernacular ...
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... future Asian public places will exhibit many unpredictable fusions of past and present or of local behaviors and universal technologies . The making of public places in 21st - century Asia Pa- cific cities will prove itself a puzzling ...
... future Asian public places will exhibit many unpredictable fusions of past and present or of local behaviors and universal technologies . The making of public places in 21st - century Asia Pa- cific cities will prove itself a puzzling ...
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... Future ( Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies , 1989 ) , pp . 8-11 . 44 McGee , The Southeast Asian City , pp . 52–75 , and Dualism in the Asian City : The Implications for City and Regional Planning ( Hong Kong : Center of ...
... Future ( Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies , 1989 ) , pp . 8-11 . 44 McGee , The Southeast Asian City , pp . 52–75 , and Dualism in the Asian City : The Implications for City and Regional Planning ( Hong Kong : Center of ...
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