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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... ground space while shop owners ' residences and rental apartments take the floors above.32 In Tokyo's core area ( about 600 square kilometers ) , where the population density is as high as 14,000 people per square kilometer , one can ...
... ground space while shop owners ' residences and rental apartments take the floors above.32 In Tokyo's core area ( about 600 square kilometers ) , where the population density is as high as 14,000 people per square kilometer , one can ...
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... grounds that could be converted to public use in modern times.46 The rapid Asian industrialization has left little time for these cities to restructure their pre - industrial physical form as European cities had . Indeed , being rushed ...
... grounds that could be converted to public use in modern times.46 The rapid Asian industrialization has left little time for these cities to restructure their pre - industrial physical form as European cities had . Indeed , being rushed ...
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... grounds . They were designed to exclude public uses in the first place and , in some cases , do not function well for that purpose even today , either because of government control over the behaviors of its users or its isolation from ...
... grounds . They were designed to exclude public uses in the first place and , in some cases , do not function well for that purpose even today , either because of government control over the behaviors of its users or its isolation from ...
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... grounds and the native - place associations , are accessible by both the rich and the poor , and serve as the only mingling space for different groups . The above phenomenon appears ever more clear in socialist cities of the region ...
... grounds and the native - place associations , are accessible by both the rich and the poor , and serve as the only mingling space for different groups . The above phenomenon appears ever more clear in socialist cities of the region ...
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... ground - level openings , balconies and other similar features , have been rapidly re- placed by five- to eight - story , air - conditioned " hotels " with few apertures opening into the streets . Such blind imitations of Western models ...
... ground - level openings , balconies and other similar features , have been rapidly re- placed by five- to eight - story , air - conditioned " hotels " with few apertures opening into the streets . Such blind imitations of Western models ...
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