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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... increase for the same period . This phenomenon has to do with both a high urban growth rate ( though not as high as those in some other areas such as Sub - Saharan Africa ) and the large size of the region's population base . 8 What ...
... increase for the same period . This phenomenon has to do with both a high urban growth rate ( though not as high as those in some other areas such as Sub - Saharan Africa ) and the large size of the region's population base . 8 What ...
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... increase in GNP per capita , in contrast with the 0.8 % of the world average . The worldwide effect of the 1997 Asian financial crisis supplied another evidence of the rising importance of the region to the global economy.9 The rapid ...
... increase in GNP per capita , in contrast with the 0.8 % of the world average . The worldwide effect of the 1997 Asian financial crisis supplied another evidence of the rising importance of the region to the global economy.9 The rapid ...
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... increase public space in most cramped low - income neighborhoods , a major portion of the total amount often took the form of a few large plazas or parks , such as the Padang in Singapore City or the Tiananmen Square in Beijing ...
... increase public space in most cramped low - income neighborhoods , a major portion of the total amount often took the form of a few large plazas or parks , such as the Padang in Singapore City or the Tiananmen Square in Beijing ...
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... increased the disposable income and leisure time of vast numbers of low- and middle - income families . While the added wealth may not be enough to move people to suburban homes , it further intensifies the use of public space in the ...
... increased the disposable income and leisure time of vast numbers of low- and middle - income families . While the added wealth may not be enough to move people to suburban homes , it further intensifies the use of public space in the ...
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... increased social activities.90 The recent years have seen a trend in the peripheries of Asian metropolitan areas that mimics the American suburban development of freestanding single - family homes complete with sprawling one - story ...
... increased social activities.90 The recent years have seen a trend in the peripheries of Asian metropolitan areas that mimics the American suburban development of freestanding single - family homes complete with sprawling one - story ...
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