World cities and urban form: fragmented, polycentric, sustainable / edited by Mike Jenks, Daniel Kozak & Pattaranan Takkanon.

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: London: Routledge, 2008.Description: ix, 373 pISBN:

9780415451864

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307.1216 WOR

Contents:

Introduction : world cities and urban form / Mike Jenks, Daniel Kozak and Pattaranan Takkanon -- What is a "world class" city? : comparing conceptual specifications of cities in the context of a global urban network / Ben Derudder and Frank Witlox -- Globalisation and the forms of cities / Peter Marcuse -- The world city hypothesis revisited : export and import of urbanity is a dangerous business / Darko Radovic -- Sustainability and the "world class" city : what is being sustained and for who? / Judy Rogers -- Polycentrism and "defragmentation" : towards a more sustainable urban form? / Mike Jenks and Daniel Kozak -- Promoting sustainable urban form : implementing urban consolidation policies around the Helsinki metropolitan region / Olli Maijala and Rauno Sairinen -- Spatial disparities based on human and social capital / Oto Hudec and Nataša Urbančíková -- The Barcelona model : 1979-2004 and beyond / Jaume Carné and Aleksandar Ivančić -- Sustainable "world class" cities and glocal sprawl in Southeast Asian metropolitans / Sidh Sintusingha -- Quality of life and spatial urban forms of mega-city regions in Japan / Kiyonobu Kaido and Jeahyun Kwon -- Global integration, growth patterns and sustainable development : a case study of the peri-urban area of Shanghai / Jiaping Wu -- Taichung the waiting metropolis and its campaign towards a "world class" city : a case of glocollision, glocoalition or glocalisation? / Shih-wei Lo -- "World class" Vancouver : a terminal city re-imagined / May So -- Planning a "world class" city without zoning : the experience of Houston / Zhu Qian -- Assessing urban fragmentation : the emergence of new typologies in central Buenos Aires / Daniel Kozak -- Tracking sustainable urban forms and material flows in Singapore / Perry Pei-Ju Yang -- The right to the city : stakeholder perspectives of greater Cairo metropolitan communities / Wael Salah Fahmi -- "World class" living? / Nuttinee Karnchanaporn and Apiradee Kasemsook -- Staunchly middle-class travel behaviour : Bangkok's struggle to achieve a successful transport system / Wapen Charoentrakulpeeti and Willi Zimmermann -- To be or not to be a "world class" city? : poverty and urban form in Paris and Bucharest / Oana Liliana Pavel -- Inner truth of the slums in mega cities : a scenario from India / Vijay Neekhra, Takashi Onishi and Tetsuo Kidokoro -- Conclusion : the form of cities to come? / Mike Jenks, Daniel Kozak and Pattaranan Takkanon.

Summary: Presents research and theory at the regional scale showing the forms metropolitan regions might take to achieve sustainability. This book explores the tension between polycentric and potentially sustainable development, and urban fragmentation in a physical, cultural, social and economic context.

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Introduction : world cities and urban form / Mike Jenks, Daniel Kozak and Pattaranan Takkanon --
What is a "world class" city? : comparing conceptual specifications of cities in the context of a global urban network / Ben Derudder and Frank Witlox --
Globalisation and the forms of cities / Peter Marcuse --
The world city hypothesis revisited : export and import of urbanity is a dangerous business / Darko Radovic --
Sustainability and the "world class" city : what is being sustained and for who? / Judy Rogers --
Polycentrism and "defragmentation" : towards a more sustainable urban form? / Mike Jenks and Daniel Kozak --
Promoting sustainable urban form : implementing urban consolidation policies around the Helsinki metropolitan region / Olli Maijala and Rauno Sairinen --
Spatial disparities based on human and social capital / Oto Hudec and Nataša Urbančíková --
The Barcelona model : 1979-2004 and beyond / Jaume Carné and Aleksandar Ivančić --
Sustainable "world class" cities and glocal sprawl in Southeast Asian metropolitans / Sidh Sintusingha --
Quality of life and spatial urban forms of mega-city regions in Japan / Kiyonobu Kaido and Jeahyun Kwon --
Global integration, growth patterns and sustainable development : a case study of the peri-urban area of Shanghai / Jiaping Wu --
Taichung the waiting metropolis and its campaign towards a "world class" city : a case of glocollision, glocoalition or glocalisation? / Shih-wei Lo --
"World class" Vancouver : a terminal city re-imagined / May So --
Planning a "world class" city without zoning : the experience of Houston / Zhu Qian --
Assessing urban fragmentation : the emergence of new typologies in central Buenos Aires / Daniel Kozak --
Tracking sustainable urban forms and material flows in Singapore / Perry Pei-Ju Yang --
The right to the city : stakeholder perspectives of greater Cairo metropolitan communities / Wael Salah Fahmi --
"World class" living? / Nuttinee Karnchanaporn and Apiradee Kasemsook --
Staunchly middle-class travel behaviour : Bangkok's struggle to achieve a successful transport system / Wapen Charoentrakulpeeti and Willi Zimmermann --
To be or not to be a "world class" city? : poverty and urban form in Paris and Bucharest / Oana Liliana Pavel --
Inner truth of the slums in mega cities : a scenario from India / Vijay Neekhra, Takashi Onishi and Tetsuo Kidokoro --
Conclusion : the form of cities to come? / Mike Jenks, Daniel Kozak and Pattaranan Takkanon.

Presents research and theory at the regional scale showing the forms metropolitan regions might take to achieve sustainability. This book explores the tension between polycentric and potentially sustainable development, and urban fragmentation in a physical, cultural, social and economic context.

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