World Cities and Urban Form : Fragmented, Polycentric, Sustainable?

ISBN-13: 9780415451864 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 384 str.

Mike Jenks;Daniel Kozak;Pattaranan Takkanon

Opis

This book presents new research and theory at the regional scale showing the forms metropolitan regions might take to achieve sustainability. At the city scale the book presents case studies based on the latest research and practice from Europe, Asia and North America, showing how both planning and flagship design can propel cities into world class status, and also improve sustainability. The contributors explore the tension between polycentric and potentially sustainable development, and urban fragmentation in a physical context, but also in a wider cultural, social and economic context.

Spis treści

Introduction: World cities and urban form  Part 1: Theoretical Approaches in a Global Context  1. What is a ‘World Class’ City? Comparing conceptual specifications of cities in the context of a global urban network  2. Globalisation and the Forms of Cities  3. The World City Hypothesis Revisited: Export and import of urbanity is a dangerous business  4. Sustainability and the ‘World Class’ City: What is being sustained and for who?  5. Polycentrism and ‘Defragmentation’: Towards a more sustainable urban form?  Part 2: Polycentric Regions and Cities: perspectives from Europe, Asia and North America  6. Promoting Sustainable Urban Form: Implementing urban consolidation policies around the Helsinki Metropolitan Region  7. Spatial Disparities Based on Human and Social Capital  8. The Model Barcelona: 1979-2004 and beyond  9. Sustainable ‘World Class’ Cities and Glocal Sprawl in Southeast Asian Metropolitans  10. Quality of Life and Spatial Urban Forms of Mega-city Regions in Japan  11. Global Integration, Growth Patterns and Sustainable Development: A case study of the peri-urban area of Shanghai  12. Taichung the Waiting Metropolis and its Campaign towards a ‘World Class’ City: A case of glocollision, glocoalition or glocalisation?  13. ‘World Class’ Vancouver: A terminal city re-imagined  14. Planning a ‘World Class’ City without Zoning: The experience of Houston  Part 3: Aspects of Urban Fragmentation  15. Assessing Urban Fragmentation: The emergence of new typologies in central Buenos Aires  16. Tracking Sustainable Urban Forms and Material Flows in Singapore  17. The Right to the City: Stakeholder perspectives of Greater Cairo Metropolitan communities  18. ‘World Class’ Living?  19. Bangkok’s Struggle to Achieve a Successful Transportation System  20. To be or not to be a ‘World Class’ City? Poverty and urban form in Paris and Bucharest  21. Inner Truth of the Slums in Mega Cities: A scenario from India  Conclusion: The Form of Cities to Come?

O autorze

Mike Jenks is Professor Emeritus and Founder Director of the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development (OISD) at Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom.

Daniel Kozak teaches at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is also a PhD researcher at OISD, Oxford Brookes University.

Pattaranan Takkanon is Lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand.