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Public Places in Asia Pacific Cities

Current Issues and Strategies

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Editors:
  1. Pu Miao

    1. School of Architecture, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA

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Part of the book series: GeoJournal Library (GEJL, volume 60)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Pu Miao
      Pages 1-45

  3. Unique Public Places of the Asia Pacific Region

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
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    2. The Waterfront as a Public Place in Tokyo

      • Hidenobu Jinnai
      Pages 49-70

    3. The Street Market as an Urban Facility in Hong Kong

      • Hikaru Kinoshita
      Pages 71-86

    4. The Roles of the Plaza: The Philippine Experience

      • Norma I. Alarcon
      Pages 87-106

    5. Japanese Public Space as Defined by Event

      • Tanya Hidaka, Mamoru Tanaka
      Pages 107-118

    6. Rukun and Gotong Royong: Managing Public Places in an Indonesian Kampung

      • Dwita Hadi Rahmi, Bambang Hari Wibisono, Bakti Setiawan
      Pages 119-134

  4. Problems in Public Space

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
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    2. The Vanishing Streets in the Malaysian Urbanscape

      • Ahmad Bashri Sulaiman, Suhana Shamsuddin
      Pages 137-149

    3. Endangered Street Life: Building Frontages and Street Activities in Hanoi

      • André Casault
      Pages 151-170

    4. The Quest for Better Public Space: A Critical Review of Urban Hong Kong

      • Charlie Q. L. Xue, Kevin K. K. Manuel
      Pages 171-190

    5. Public Domain, Private Interest — Social Space in Hong Kong

      • Alexander R. Cuthbert, Keith G. McKinnell
      Pages 191-211
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PUMIAO 1. The Subject Matter: Urban Public Places 2. The Location: Asia Pacific Region 3. The Purpose of the'"Book: For the Makers of Public Places 4. The Three Perspectives of the Book: Description, Criticism, and Intervention 5. Perspective One: Characteristics of Asia Pacific Cities and Their Public Places (1) High Population Density (2) Large Cities (3) Mixed Uses (4) Government-Centered and Pro-Development Culture (5) The East-versus-West Bipolarity (6) Small Amount of Public Space (7) Absence of Large Nodes and Overall Structure in Public Space (8) Intensive Use of Public Space (9) Ambiguous Boundary between the Public and the Private Summaries of Chapters 1-5 6. Perspective Two: Current Issues and Debates (1) Identity Formal Identity Functional Identity (2) Sustainability High-Tech versus Low-Tech High-Density versus Low-Density (3) Equality Equal Participation Equal Accessibility Summaries of Chapters 6-9 7. Perspective Three: Major Trends in Design and Theory (1) The "Grey" Relationship between the Public and the Private (2) The Transformation of Traditional Typology (3) Indigenous Decoration, Color and Material in New Applications (4) The Tropical Public Place Summaries of Chapters 10-17 8. Conclusion Pu Miao (ed. ), Public Places in Asia Pacific Cities, 1-45. © 2001 Kluwer Academic Publishers. 2 P. MIAO 1. The Subject Matter: Urban Public Places A visitor to Kuala Lumpur will hardly forget the experience of strolling among the fragrant fruits sold under the overhang of the five-foot walkway during a tropical downfall.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Architecture, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA

    Pu Miao

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Public Places in Asia Pacific Cities

  • Book Subtitle: Current Issues and Strategies

  • Editors: Pu Miao

  • Series Title: GeoJournal Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2815-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature B.V. 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-7083-3Published: 31 August 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5739-6Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-2815-7Published: 14 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0924-5499

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0072

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 392

  • Topics: Geography, general, Architecture, general, Regional and Cultural Studies, Cultural Heritage

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