03972cam a22003738a 4500 15152308 20080215172654.0 080124s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng 2008003042 9780415451840 (hbk : alk. paper) 9780415451864 (pbk : alk. paper) 0415451841 (hbk : alk. paper) 0415451868 (pbk : alk. paper) DLC DLC DLC HT166 .W676 2008 307.1216 22 WOR World Cities and Urban Form : Fragmented, Polycentric, Sustainable? / edited by Mike Jenks, Daniel Kozak and Pattaranan Takkanon. New York : Routledge, c2008. 0805 ix, 373 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction : world cities and urban form / Mike Jenks, Daniel Kozak and Pattaranan Takkanon -- What is a "world class" city? : comparing conceptual specifications of cities in the context of a global urban network / Ben Derudder and Frank Witlox -- Globalisation and the forms of cities / Peter Marcuse -- The world city hypothesis revisited : export and import of urbanity is a dangerous business / Darko Radovic -- Sustainability and the "world class" city : what is being sustained and for who? / Judy Rogers -- Polycentrism and "defragmentation" : towards a more sustainable urban form? / Mike Jenks and Daniel Kozak -- Promoting sustainable urban form : implementing urban consolidation policies around the Helsinki metropolitan region / Olli Maijala and Rauno Sairinen -- Spatial disparities based on human and social capital / Natasa Urbancikova and Oto Hudec -- The model Barcelona : 1979-2004 and beyond / Jaume Carne and Aleksandar Ivancic -- Sustainable "world class" cities and glocal sprawl in Southeast Asian metropolitans / Sidh Sintusingha -- Quality of life and spatial urban forms of mega-city regions in Japan / Kiyonobu Kaido and Jeahyun Kwon -- Global integration, growth patterns and sustainable development : a case study of the peri-urban area of Shanghai / Jiaping Wu -- Taichung the waiting metropolis and its campaign towards a "world class" city : a case of glocollision, glocoalition or glocalisation? / Shih-wei Lo -- "World class" Vancouver : a terminal city re-imagined / May So -- Planning a "world class" city without zoning : the experience of Houston / Zhou Qian -- Aspects of urban fragmentation -- Assessing urban fragmentation : the emergence of new typologies in central Buenos Aires / Daniel Kozak -- Tracking sustainable urban forms and material flows in Singapore / Perry Pei-Ju Yang -- The right to the city : stakeholder perspectives of greater Cairo metropolitan communities / Wael Salah Fahmi -- "World class" living? / Nuttinee Karnchanaporn and Apradee Kasemsook -- Bangkok's struggle to achieve a successful transportation system / Wapen Charoentrakulpeeti and Willi Zimmerman -- To be or not to be a "world class" city? : poverty and urban form in Paris and Bucharest / Oana-Liliana Pavel -- Inner truth of the slums in mega cities : a scenario from India / Vijay Neekhra, Takashi Onishi and T. Kidokoro -- Conclusion : the form of cities to come? / Mike Jenks, Daniel Kozak and Pattaranana Takkanon. City planning Case studies. 7267 Cities and towns Growth Case studies. 7268 Metropolitan areas Case studies. 7269 Urban policy Case studies. 7270 Sustainable development Case studies. 7271 Jenks, M. (Michael) 7272 Kozak, Daniel. 7273 Takkanon, Pattaranan. 7274 ddc BB 12126 12126 0 0 ddc 0 0 Alahram MAIN MAIN 1ST 2009-06-30 Purchase 378.00 381 5 307.1216 WOR 000016990 2025-07-15 00:00:00 2017-12-03 BB