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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. Neither will one forget the miles and miles of neon-lit shopping arcades in Tokyo which are jammed by crowds of people even at ten o’clock in the evening. Public places, such as streets, squares, parks, as well as other types unique to Asia Pacific, are the “eyes” of a city, revealing its genius loci, people, and culture in a tangible and condensed way. This is why we use the word “place” instead of “space” in the title to emphasize the physical and site-specific dimensions of our subject (e.g., it is not about the economic “space” of a market network) and to reflect our intention to study these settings not merely as physical forms, but also as milieus embedded in people’s social and cultural lives.1

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