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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... public places in their making . 4. The Three Perspectives of the Book : Description , Criticism , and Intervention 17 Different from discovering , the process of making is problem - solving.17 As in any effort aimed at attacking a ...
... public places in their making . 4. The Three Perspectives of the Book : Description , Criticism , and Intervention 17 Different from discovering , the process of making is problem - solving.17 As in any effort aimed at attacking a ...
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... space . 5. Perspective One : Characteristics of Asia Pacific Cities and Their Public Places Asia Pacific urban public places share several features which distinguish them from those of Western cities . Why should we make comparisons ...
... space . 5. Perspective One : Characteristics of Asia Pacific Cities and Their Public Places Asia Pacific urban public places share several features which distinguish them from those of Western cities . Why should we make comparisons ...
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... public places of a city without knowing their urban context . Let us first examine a few general characteristics of Asia Pacific cities , selected in terms of their close ties to the formation of the public spaces . ( 1 ) HIGH ...
... public places of a city without knowing their urban context . Let us first examine a few general characteristics of Asia Pacific cities , selected in terms of their close ties to the formation of the public spaces . ( 1 ) HIGH ...
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... space more remote from urban residents ' daily life , which , when combined with high density , aggravates the need for more public spaces inside the built - up area . ( 3 ) MIXED USES 30 Most modern Western cities have developed ...
... space more remote from urban residents ' daily life , which , when combined with high density , aggravates the need for more public spaces inside the built - up area . ( 3 ) MIXED USES 30 Most modern Western cities have developed ...
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... public space , as one example , are largely dominated by the government . Public participation does not exist or plays a very limited role.37 Much of the region consists of developing economies which have been in the process of ...
... public space , as one example , are largely dominated by the government . Public participation does not exist or plays a very limited role.37 Much of the region consists of developing economies which have been in the process of ...
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