TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roy,Ananya
AU  - Ong,Aihwa
ED  - Wiley InterScience (Online service)
TI  - Worlding cities: Asian experiments and the art of being global 
T2  - Studies in urban and social change
SN  - 9781444346800
AV  - HT384.A78 W67 2011
U1  - 307.76095 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Chichester, Malden, MA
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
KW  - Urbanization
KW  - Asia
KW  - Globalization
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Worlding Cities, or the Art of being Global / Aihwa Ong -- Modeling. Singapore as Model: Planning Innovations, Knowledge Experts / Chua Beng Huat -- Urban Modeling and Contemporary Technologies of City-Building in China: The Production of Regimes of Green Urbanisms / Lisa Hoffman -- Planning Privatopolis: Representation and Contestation in the Development of Urban Integrated Mega-Projects / Gavin Shatkin -- Ecological Urbanization: Calculating Value in an Age of Global Climate Change / Shannon May -- Inter-Referencing. Retuning a Provincialized Middle Class in Asia's Urban Postmodern: The Case of Hong Kong / Helen F Siu -- Cracks in the Fȧade: Landscapes of Hope and Desire in Dubai / Chad Haines -- Asia in the Mix: Urban form and Global Mobilities : Hong Kong, Vancouver, Dubai / Glen Lowry, Eugene McCann -- Hyperbuilding: Spectacle, Speculation, and the Hyperspace of Sovereignty / Aihwa Ong -- New Solidarities. Part Introduction -- Speculating on the next World City / Michael Goldman -- The Blockade of the World-Class City: Dialectical Images of Indian Urbanism / Ananya Roy -- Rule by Aesthetics: World-Class City Making in Delhi / D Asher Ghertner -- Conclusion: Postcolonial Urbanism: Speed, Hysteria, Mass Dreams; gsg
N2  - "Worlding Cities" is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different Asian models and practices of urbanization. It includes important contributions from a respected group of scholars across a range of generations, disciplines, and sites of study. Describes the new theoretical framework of 'worlding'. Substantially expands and updates the themes of capital and culture. Includes a unique collection of authors across generations, disciplines, and sites of study. Demonstrates how references to Asian power, success, and hegemony make possible urban development and limit urban politics
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444346800
ER  -