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Directors of urban change in Asia / edited by Peter J.M. Nas. - London ; - xii, 269 pages : illustrations , maps ; 24 cm. - Routledge advances in Asia-Pacific studies ; 9 .

Based on papers presented at the international workshop Mega-urbanization in Asia and Europe : directors of urban change in a comparative perspective, held in Leiden, 12-14 December 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: directors of urban change / Peter J.M. Nas -- Colombo / Siri T. Hettige -- Guangzhou City: ever-changing urban planning / Zhou Daming -- Hanoi: between the imperfect past and the conditional future / Hans Schenk -- Jakarta: conflicting directions / Pratiwo and Peter J.M. Nas -- Kuala Lumpur and Singapore: high hopes versus a low profile / Freek Colombijn -- Makassar: set, backstage and a diva in an Indonesian secondary city / Christoph Antweiler -- Metro Manila: designers or directors of urban development? / Otto van den Muijzenberg and Ton van Naerssen -- Nanjing: promoting the ICT sector / Meine Pieter van Dijk -- Semarang: was H.F. Tillema a director of urban change? / Peter J.M. Nas and Kirsten Theuns -- Surabaya: the bridge to Madura / Manuelle Franck -- Tehran: a mega-city built without a vision / Soheila Shahshahani -- Tokyo: paradise of speculators and builders / Shuji Funo.

ISBN: 9780415350891 (hardback)

LCCN: 2004020493

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA489512 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013064157 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Urban policy--Asia--Case studies.
City planning--Asia--Case studies.
Urbanization--Asia--Case studies.
Cities and towns--Growth--Asia--Case studies.

LC Class. No.: HT169.A77 / D57 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 307.76095 DIR / DS0191