Culture and the City in East Asia

by Kim, Won Bae; Douglass, Mike; Choe, Sang-Chuel; Ho, Kong Chong

• ISBN13: 9780198233589
• ISBN10: 0198233582
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-10-02
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

This book explores the role of culture in the urban transformation of Asian cities. Departing from the strictly economic treatment of urbanization that dominates urban geography, Kim draws on both comparative analysis and individual studies of major cities in the region to demonstrate the pervasive influence of culture on Asian urbanization.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	xiii	(1)
List of Tables	xiv	(1)
List of Contributors	xv
1. Introduction	1	(16)
Won Bae Kim
Mike Douglass
Sang-Chuel Choe
Part I. Culture, Society, and the City in East Asia	17	(78)
2. Culture, History, and the City in East Asia	17	(24)
Won Bae Kim
3. Urbanization and Social Transformations in East Asia	41	(25)
Mike Douglass
4. Work, Space, and Place in the Cities of the East Asian Pacific Rim	66	(29)
T. G. McGee
Gisele Yasmeen
Part II. Dynamics of Urban Transformation: Case Studies of Six Cities	95	(160)
5. Studying Culture and the Built Environment	95	(9)
Kong Chong Ho
Won Bae Kim
6. Modernism, Development, and the Transformation of Seoul: A Study of the Development of Sae'oon Sang'ga and Yoido	104	(21)
Hyungmin Pai
7. Beijing: The Expression of National Political Ideology	125	(26)
Zixuan Zhu
Reginald Yin-Wang Kwok
8. Building a Capital for Emperor and Enterprise: The Changing Urban Meaning of Central Tokyo	151	(16)
Takashi Machimura
9. Hanoi: Balancing Market and Ideology	167	(18)
Trinh Duy Luan
10. Hong Kong: From a Colony to a Model for China	185	(27)
Si-ming Li
11. From Port City to City-State: Forces Shaping Singapore's Built Environment	212	(22)
Kong Chong Ho
12. Culture and Urban Future in East Asia	234	(21)
Mike Douglass
Won Bae Kim
Index	255