Title & Author:

Globalizing Taipei : the political economy of spatial development / edited by Reginald Yin-Wang Kwok.

Publication:

New York : Routledge, ©2005.

Description:

xiv, 258 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Series:

Planning, history, and the environment series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Asian dragons, South China growth triangle, developmental governance, and globalizing Taipei / Reginald Yin-Wang Kwok with Jinn-Yuh Hsu -- The evolution of economic base : from industrial city, post-industrial city, to interface city / Jinn-Yuh Hsu -- The development of economic structure : producer services and growth constraints / Chia-Ho Ching -- The transformation of spatial structure : from a monocentric to a polycentric city / Tsu-Lung Chou -- Urban politics and spatial development : the emergence of participatory planning / Li-Ling Huang -- Provision for collective consumption : housing production under neoliberalism / Yi-Ling Chen -- Domestic politics in urban image creation : Xinyi as the "Manhattan of Taipei" / Sue-Ching Jou -- Social polarization and income inequality : migration and urban labour markets / Po-Fen Tai -- Daily consumption in a globalizing city : food markets at the crossroads / Peter Cheng-Chong Wu -- Modernization ideoscape : imaginative geography and aesthetic landscape in Taipei rapid transit system / Chih-Hung Wang -- Commentary on the marginalized society : the films of Tsai Ming-Liang -- Current dilemma and future uncertainty / Reginald Yin-Wang Kwok.

Summary:

In this examination of the evolution and development pattern of Taipei against a background of increasing globalisation, each contributor considers from a different perspective the historical and current trends at work in this key Asian Dragon city.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description
Taylor & Francis
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ISBN:

041535451X (hb ; alk. paper)
9780415354516 (hb ; alk. paper)

Subject:

City planning Taiwan Taipei.
City planning.
Globalisierung
Stadtentwicklung
Politische Ökonomie
Stedelijke economie.
Internationale handel.
Städtebau.
Taiwan Taipei.
Taipeh
Taiwan.

Added entries:

Kwok, R. Yin-Wang.
Planning, history, and the environment series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 249178
Call No.: BIB 178758
Status: Available