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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... Urban Development , Faculty of the Built Environment , University of New South Wales , Sydney , Australia . He has published extensively on the political aspects of urban form and planning processes . He also practices urban design and ...
... Urban Development , Faculty of the Built Environment , University of New South Wales , Sydney , Australia . He has published extensively on the political aspects of urban form and planning processes . He also practices urban design and ...
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... urban history of Tokyo and Italian cities . Hikaru Kinoshita is a Research Associate at Kansai University , Osaka , Japan . Keith G. McKinnell is a Professor and the Head of the Department of Surveying , University of Hong Kong . Kevin ...
... urban history of Tokyo and Italian cities . Hikaru Kinoshita is a Research Associate at Kansai University , Osaka , Japan . Keith G. McKinnell is a Professor and the Head of the Department of Surveying , University of Hong Kong . Kevin ...
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... urban residents who cannot afford private amenities such as clubs and golf courses . This mass - placating role of urban public places can be observed in societies ranging from ancient Rome to modern capitalist cities.4 Since most of ...
... urban residents who cannot afford private amenities such as clubs and golf courses . This mass - placating role of urban public places can be observed in societies ranging from ancient Rome to modern capitalist cities.4 Since most of ...
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... urban growth ( such as South Asia and Middle East , and North Africa ) is the former's fast and volatile economic development since the 1950s . During the 1985-1995 period cited above , the region enjoyed a 7.2 % average annual increase ...
... urban growth ( such as South Asia and Middle East , and North Africa ) is the former's fast and volatile economic development since the 1950s . During the 1985-1995 period cited above , the region enjoyed a 7.2 % average annual increase ...
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... urban designers tend to consult research which draws frame- work and examples mainly from the experience of Western ( European and North American ) cities . Many findings of these works appear universally applicable . 15 However , Asia ...
... urban designers tend to consult research which draws frame- work and examples mainly from the experience of Western ( European and North American ) cities . Many findings of these works appear universally applicable . 15 However , Asia ...
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