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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... present readers an accurate and up - to - date picture of Asia Pacific urban public places in their making . 4. The Three Perspectives of the Book : Description , Criticism , and Intervention 17 Different from discovering , the process ...
... present readers an accurate and up - to - date picture of Asia Pacific urban public places in their making . 4. The Three Perspectives of the Book : Description , Criticism , and Intervention 17 Different from discovering , the process ...
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... present . It is interesting to notice that the ocean beach , a place type alien to the inward , tight- knitted urban tradition in Asia , has now become part of the popular vocabulary of civic form . To show the unique roles traditional ...
... present . It is interesting to notice that the ocean beach , a place type alien to the inward , tight- knitted urban tradition in Asia , has now become part of the popular vocabulary of civic form . To show the unique roles traditional ...
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... presents a detailed study on such a concept of " virtual " public space , a temporary setting defined by human events like festival parades . The flexibility allows multiple streets plus some private homes to be transformed into one ...
... presents a detailed study on such a concept of " virtual " public space , a temporary setting defined by human events like festival parades . The flexibility allows multiple streets plus some private homes to be transformed into one ...
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... present a dominating mainstream which emphasizes the application of proven Western design models and a very small minority which explore innovations . Let us first examine the former that is responsible for the contemporary urbanscape ...
... present a dominating mainstream which emphasizes the application of proven Western design models and a very small minority which explore innovations . Let us first examine the former that is responsible for the contemporary urbanscape ...
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... present optimistic accounts of two signific- ant urban design proposals recently revealed in the Asia Pacific region . Chapter 16 describes author David Chew's brainchild , the KL LinearCity , a multi - use mega- structure hovering ...
... present optimistic accounts of two signific- ant urban design proposals recently revealed in the Asia Pacific region . Chapter 16 describes author David Chew's brainchild , the KL LinearCity , a multi - use mega- structure hovering ...
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