Title & Author:

Messy urbanism : understanding the "other" cities of Asia / edited by Manish Chalana and Jeffrey Hou.

Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2016]
©2016

Description:

xii, 252 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Untangling the "Messy" Asian city -- A history of messiness: Order and resilience on the sidewalks of Ho Chi Minh City -- The order of messiness: Notes form an Indonesian city -- Concrete jungle or geocultural cipher? reading lineage into the perils and prospects of metro manila -- the royal field (sanam luang): Bangkok's polysemic ruban palimpsest -- Shinjuku: Messy urbanism at the metabolic crossroads -- Little manila: The other central of Hong Kong -- Neutral equilibrium in public space: Mong Kok flower market in Hong Kong -- Making sense of the order in the disorder in delhi's kathputti colony -- Messy work: Transnational collaboration in chandigarh -- Everyday urban flux: Temporary urbanism in East Asia as insurgent planning -- Messy urbanism and space for community empowerment in China.

Summary:

Seemingly messy and chaotic, the landscapes and urban life of cities in Asia possess an order and hierarchy which often challenge understanding and appreciation. With a cross-disciplinary group of authors, Messy Urbanism: Understanding the "Other" Cities of Asia examines a range of cases in Asia to explore the social and institutional politics of urban formality and the contexts in which this "messiness" emerges or is constructed. The book brings a distinct perspective to the broader patterns of informal urban orders and processes as well as their interplay with formalized systems and mechanisms. It also raises questions about the production of cities, cityscapes, and citizenship.-- Publisher description.

ISBN:

9789888208333
9888208330

Subject:

Cities and towns Asia.
Urban policy Asia.
City planning Asia.
Villes Asie.
Politique urbaine Asie.
Cities and towns.
City planning.
Urban policy.
Stadt
Urbanität
Asia.
Asien

Added entries:

Chalana, Manish, editor.
Hou, Jeffrey, 1967- editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 294132
Call No.: BIB 239479
Status: Available