Worlding Cities

Worlding Cities is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different Asian models and practices of urbanization. It includes important contributions from a respected group of scholars across a range of generations, disciplines, and sites of study. * Describes the new theoretical framework of 'worlding'* Substantially expands and updates the themes of capital and culture* Includes a unique collection of authors across generations, disciplines, and sites of study* Demonstrates how references to Asian power, success, and hegemony make possible urban development and limit urban politics

ISBN 1405192763   Pages 376 ISBN13 9781405192767 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 556 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Published in Chicester Imprint Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)   Series title Studies in Urban and Social Change Format Paperback   Height (mm) 230 Publication date 15 Jul 2011   Width (mm) 170 DEWEY 307.76095   Spine width (mm) 20 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

List of Illustrations vii Notes on Contributors viii Series Editors' Preface xiii Preface and Acknowledgments xv Introduction Worlding Cities, or the Art of Being Global 1 Aihwa Ong Part I Modeling 27 1 Singapore as Model: Planning Innovations, Knowledge Experts 29 Chua Beng Huat 2 Urban Modeling and Contemporary Technologies of City-Building in China: The Production of Regimes of Green Urbanisms 55 Lisa Hoffman 3 Planning Privatopolis: Representation and Contestation in the Development of Urban Integrated Mega-Projects 77 Gavin Shatkin 4 Ecological Urbanization: Calculating Value in an Age of Global Climate Change 98 Shannon May Part II Inter-Referencing 127 5 Retuning a Provincialized Middle Class in Asia's Urban Postmodern: The Case of Hong Kong 129 Helen F. Siu 6 Cracks in the Facade: Landscapes of Hope and Desire in Dubai 160 Chad Haines 7 Asia in the Mix: Urban Form and Global Mobilities - Hong Kong, Vancouver, Dubai 182 Glen Lowry and Eugene McCann 8 Hyperbuilding: Spectacle, Speculation, and the Hyperspace of Sovereignty 205 Aihwa Ong Part III New Solidarities 227 9 Speculating on the Next World City 229 Michael Goldman 10 The Blockade of the World-Class City: Dialectical Images of Indian Urbanism 259 Ananya Roy 11 Rule by Aesthetics: World-Class City Making in Delhi 279 D. Asher Ghertner Conclusion Postcolonial Urbanism: Speed, Hysteria, Mass Dreams 307 Ananya Roy Index 336

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