The Politics of Civic Space in Asia: Building Urban Communities

ISBN-13: 9780415542425 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 240 str.

Amrita Daniere; Mike Douglass

Opis

This text explores how and why civic spaces are used by different communities in different cities of Asia in terms of their contribution to urban governance and public participation, and what role they play in the support or demise of communities.

Spis treści

1. Urbanization and Civic Space in Asia Mike Douglass and Amrita Daniere  2. Communities in Retreat: Civic Spaces and State-Society Relations in Globalizing Singapore K.C. Ho  3. Machizukuri, Civil Society and Community Space in Japan André Sorensen, Hideki Koizumi and Ai Miyamoto  4. Foreign Workers and Spaces for Community Life: Taipei’s Little Philippines Li-ling Huang and Mike Douglass  5.Tangible and Intangible Civic Spaces in Bangkok’s Slums Amrita Daniere and Anchana NaRanong  6. The Meaning of Voice in Kuala Lumpur’s Changing Urban Communities Yi Jin Woo  7. Kampung Spaces and the Future of Indonesian Urbanism: Reflections from Jogjakarta Michael Leaf and Bakti Setiawan  8. Boundaries and Belonging in Guangzhou: Changing the Nature of Residential Space in Urban China Alana Boland and Jiangang Zhu  9. Neighbourhood Associations as Civic Space in Kathmandu Progressive and Regressive Possibilities Sabin Ninglekhu and Katharine N. Rankin  10. Uses and Understandings of Public Space among Young People in Hanoi, Viet Nam Lisa Drummond and Nguyen Thi Lien  11. Policy Implications and Conclusion Amrita Daniere and Mike Douglass