Main entry:

Lim, William Siew Wai, 1932-2023.

Title & Author:

Asian ethical urbanism : a radical postmodern perspective / William S.W. Lim ; with an introduction by Leon van Schaik.

Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ ; London : World Scientific Pub., ©2005.

Description:

xxxvi, 240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-226) and index.
Asian ethical urbanism : a radical postmodern perspective -- Asian architecture in the new millennium : a postmodern imagery -- Ancient quarter Hanoi : a living tradition -- Have you been Shanghaied? : culture and urbanism in glocalised Shanghai -- Architecture, art, identity in Singapore : is there life after Tabula Rasa?

Summary:

"With the impending demise of modernist planning, the footprints and corpses of failed modernist visions are littered everywhere. A vacuum of implementable urban theories has occurred at the time when unprecedented expansion and restructuring of cities in rapidly developing economies are taking place. In this collection of essays, William S W Lim zeroes in on the peculiarities and dynamics of present Asian urban and architectural conditions in order to challenge and transcend the socio-ecological forms and political influences generated by the current system of global capitalism."--Jacket.

ISBN:

981256313X (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9789812563132 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

City planning Asia.
City planning Asia Case studies.
City planning
Asia

Form/genre:

Case studies
Études de cas.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 244178
Call No.: BIB 173869
Status: Available