The Urban Design of Intervention: Imposed and Adaptive Places in Asian Cities [Paperback]

The book presents an overview of Asian urbanism and outlines 20 case studies of Asian cities, revealing the diversity and evolution of cultural patterns, geographic spread, density and complexity of urban environment evolution. Featured cities are Bangkok, Beijing, Delhi, George Town, Goa, Hanoi, Jakarta, Kolkata, Kuala Lumpur, Lahore, Macau, Malacca, Manila, Mumbai, Phnom Penh, Seoul, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo and Yangon.

Peter Cookson Smith: Architect, planner and urban designer, he is a director of URBIS, the firm he founded in Hong Kong in 1977 – one of the first specialist planning, environmental, landscape and urban design consultancies in Asia. He is an Honorary Professor at the Department of Architecture, University of Hong Kong.

CONTENTS

p004 Foreword
p005 Preface
p008 Chapter 1Introduction
p022 Chapter 2Contested Identities: Conflicts and Co-ordinates of Heritage
p042 Chapter 3 Colonising Paradoxes: Civilising Ideologies and Transformative Filters
p062 Chapter 4Dinosaurs and Disjunctures: The Asian City in Transition
p076 Chapter 5 Urban Design Narratives: Interpreting the Public Realm

Asian Cities

p090 South Asia / The Indian Subcontinent
p102 Goa India
p116 Kolkata India
p134 Mumbai India
p150 Delhi India
p168 Lahore Pakistan

p192 East and Central Asia
p196 Beijing China
p216 Tokyo Japan
p238 Seoul Korea
p252 Taipei Taiwan
p270 Macau SAR of China

p290 Southeast Asia
p296 Bangkok Thailand
p310 Yangon Myanmar
p328 Phnom Penh Cambodia
p340 Hanoi Vietnam
p354 Manila The Philippines
p374 Jakarta Indonesia
p394 Singapore
p418 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
p430 Malacca Malaysia
p442 George Town Malaysia

p458 References
p459 Acknowledgements

The book presents an overview of Asian urbanism and outlines 20 case studies of Asian cities.