Globalizing Taipei: The Political Economy of Spatial Development

ISBN-13: 9780415354516 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 272 str.

Reginald Yin-Wang Kwok

Opis

Taipei's quest to become a global city, which began in the 1960's, is the city's urban development. "Globalizing Taipei "reveals how the development of this capital of an Asian Dragon, key city in the South China Growth Triangle, and center for transnational production, has received firm state support, but is conditioned by international and domestic politics.
Divided into four parts -- economic and spatial restructuring, state and society realignment, social differentiation, and cultural reorientation -- the book analyses the interaction of international, state and local politics in the shaping of the city's urban environment from the Second World War to the present day.
All the contributors to this edited volume, except the editor, are Taiwan scholars, presenting the critical insiders' views for Taiwan. Based on each author's specialization and research interest, each chapter provides an in-depth analyses of one of Taipei's developmental issues generated by globalization. Collectively, they provide a broad, insightful and coherent coverage of this crucial era of Taipei's global transition.

Spis treści

Introduction: Asian Dragons, South China Growth Triangle, Developmental Governance and Globalizing Taipei  Part 1: Economic and Spatial Restructuring  1. The Evolution of Economic Base: From Industrial City, Post-Industrial City to Interface City  2. The Development of Economic Structure: Producer Services and Growth Constraints  3. The Transformation of Spatial Structure: From a Monocentric to a Polycentric City  Part 2: State and Society Realignment  4. Urban Politics and Spatial Development: The Energence of a Participatory Planning  5. Provision for Collective Consumption: Housing Production under Neoliberalism  6. Domestic Politics in Urban Image Creation: Xinyi as the "Manhattan of Taipei"  Part 3: Social Differentiation  7. Social Polarization and Income Inequality: Migration and Urban Labor Market  8. Daily Consumption in a Globalizing City: Food Markets at the Crossroads  Part 4: Cultural Reorientation  9. Modernization Ideoscope: Imaginative Geography and Aesthetic Landscape in Taipei Rapid Transit System  10. Commentary on the Marginalized Society: Tsai Ming-Liang's Films  11. Postscript: Current Dilemma and Future Uncertainty

O autorze

Reginald Yin-Wang Kwok is Professor of Asian Studies and Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Hawaii in Manoa. He is the founding director of the Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management at the University of Hong Kong. His research interests cover the political economy of Chinese development and urbanization, globalization in East Asia, urban econmic and spatial development, and cultural impact on urban design.