Asian Urbanization and Planning: New Directions
July 19, 2009 nihal 24 other publications
Global affairs are increasingly shaped by events in Asia and its cities are undergoing profound social, economic, and political changes. Yet the spatial transformations in Asian cities do not seem to follow this social transformation. According to the dominant discourses, Asian urbanization is following Western models, and the planning of Asia’s cities is conservative, reactive, and piecemeal. This keynote address to the Asian Planning Schools Association congress in 2007 argues that the above characterization of Asian urbanization is inaccurate and is caused by external urban and planning perceptions. It invite you to focus on the innovative Asian urban and planning practices, particularly the aspects of planning developed through learning by doing, and view these from an Asian vantage point.
Global affairs are increasingly shaped by events in Asia and its cities are undergoing profound social, economic, and political changes. Yet the spatial transformations in Asi...
