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001 2011006751
003 DLC
005 20110224150238.0
008 110211s2011 mau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011006751
020 $a9781405192774 (hardback)
020 $a9781405192767 (paperback)
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042 $apcc
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050 00 $aHT384.A78$bW67 2011
082 00 $a307.76095$222
084 $aARC010000$2bisacsh
245 00 $aWorlding cities :$bAsian experiments and the art of being global /$cedited by Ananya Roy and Aihwa Ong.
260 $aMalden, MA :$bWiley-Blackwell,$c2011.
263 $a1106
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aStudies in urban and social change
520 $a"Worlding Cities is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different Asian models and practices of urbanization. It includes important contributions from a respected group of scholars across a range of generations, disciplines, and sites of study.. Describes the new theoretical framework of 'worlding'. Substantially expands and updates the themes of capital and culture. Includes a unique collection of authors across generations, disciplines, and sites of study. Demonstrates how references to Asian power, success, and hegemony make possible urban development and limit urban politics."--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"From Dubai to Delhi and from Singapore to Shanghai, cities across Asia are sites of intense experiments with different ways of being global. This book intervenes in urban theory focused on established global cities, and instead argues that the urban globality is something that is continually being imagined, assembled, and contested. Greater Asia is a region of vibrant innovations in urban design, built forms, governance, aesthetics, and politics. Worlding Cities draws attention to diverse projects of 'worlding' and "reworlding" that draw upon local and transnational relationships. Alternative ways of being global are instantiated through practices of mobility, modeling, and speculation that inter-reference other Asian sites. As many of the essays in this book illustrate, different Asian futures are being shaped in cities, from green governmentality to eco-city, from corporate speculations to political contestations over urban development, from "world-class" city branding to demands for "world-class" services, and from sky-high hopes to dashed dreams on the ground for city-dwellers and migrants. This inter-generation and interdisciplinary group of authors offers the first serious examination of diverse actors, energies, and conditions at play in defining new worlds of inter-Asian urbanism"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aUrbanization$zAsia.
650 0 $aGlobalization$zAsia.
700 1 $aRoy, Ananya.
700 1 $aOng, Aihwa.
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://catalogimages.wiley.com/images/db/jimages/9781405192774.jpg