Lin, Francis Chia-Hui.

Heteroglossic Asia : the transformation of urban Taiwan / Francis Chia-Hui Lin.

London ; New York : Routledge, 2015.

xiv, 169 pages ; 24 cm.

Routledge research in planning and urban design

"Heteroglossic Asia presents an analysis of geographic, historical, cultural, economic, spatial and political factors underlying Taiwan's maritime urbanity by means of case studies based on Taipei and Kaohsiung; two cities which represent the multi-accentual character of Taiwan's urban environment and its recent changes and development through architecture. Focussing on the concept of a heteroglossic Asia Pacific, exemplified by the analysis of Taiwan's urban transformation, the study argues that Taiwan's urban environment shows a form of intended "fuzziness" which cannot be described as resting on either a simplified nationalist base or chaotic societal anxiety. Rather, this form lies between binary poles: autocracy and democracy, nation state and day-to-day life, top-down and bottom-up orientations, orthodoxy and hybridisation"-- Provided by publisher.

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Urbanization Taiwan.
City planning Taiwan.
Architecture Taiwan.
Urbanisation Taiwan.
ARCHITECTURE Urban & Land Use Planning.
Architecture.
City planning.
Urbanization.
Taiwan.

Routledge research in planning and urban design.

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