Ebook: Public Places in Asia Pacific Cities. Current Issues and Strategies

Springer Science+Business Media, Dordrecht, 2001, - 392 с.
ISBN 978-90-481-5739-6Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Pu Miao Introduction
Unique Public Places of the Asia Pacific Region
Hidenobu Jinnai The Waterfront as a Public Place in Tokyo
Hikaru Kinoshita The Street Market as an Urban Facility in Hong Kong
Norma I. Alarcon The Roles of the Plaza: The Philippine Experience
Tanya Hidaka and Mamoru Tanaka Japanese Public Space as Defined by Event
Dwita Hadi Rahmi, Bambang Hari Wibisono and Bakti Setiawan Rukun and Gotong Royong: Managing Public Places in an Indonesian Kampung
Problems in Public Space
Ahmad Bashri Sulaiman and Suhana Shamsuddin The Vanishing Streets in the Malaysian Urbanscape
Andre Casault Endangered Street Life: Building Frontages and Street Activities in Hanoi
Charlie Q.L. Xue and Kevin K.K. Manuel The Quest for Better Public Space: A Critical Review of Urban Hong Kong
Alexander R. Cuthbert and Keith G. McKinnell Public Domain, Private Interest - Social Space in Hong Kong
New Design/Planning Strategies
Chris Abel Architecture in the Pacific Century
Grace C. Ramos Multi-Dimensional Planning and Public Space in the Philippines
Gary Hack Place-Making and the New Mobility of Asian Cities: The Bangkok Plan
Pu Miao Design with High-Density: A Chinese Perspective
Barry Bell A Question of Local Models: Public Spaces in Mae Hong Son, Thailand
Schun Hagiwara The Alley as a Spiritual Axis for the Community: The Hikifune Project, Tokyo
David Chew Vision of a 21st-Century Public Place: GigaWorld, KL LinearCity, Kuala Lumpur
Jeffrey K.H. Chan The Next Generation of Singapore's Public Space: The New Downtown
Bibliography
Index