Public Places in Asia Pacific Cities Current Issues and Strategies
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: Charact
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The GeoJournal Library Volume 60
Managing Editor:
Max Barlow, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Founding Series Editor: Wolf Tietze, Helmstedt, Germany
Editorial Board:
Paul Claval, France R.G. Crane, U.S.A. Yehuda Gradus, Israel Risto Laulajainen, Sweden Gerd LOttig, Germany Walther Manshard, Germany Osamu Nishikawa, Japan Peter Tyson, South Africa Herman van der Wusten, The Netherlands
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
Public Places in Asia Pacific Cities Current Issues and Strategies
edited by
PU MIAO School of Architecture, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, U.S.A.
SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
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ISBN 978-90-481-5739-6 ISBN 978-94-017-2815-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-2815-7
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
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List of Contributors
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Introduction PuMiao
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I. Unique Public Places of the Asia Pacific Region 1. The Waterfront as a Public Place in Tokyo Hidenobu Jinnai 2. The Street Market as an Urban Facility in Hong Kong Hikaru Kinoshita 3. The Roles of the Plaza: The Philippine Experience Norma I. Alarcon 4. Japanese Public Space as Defined by Event Tanya Hidaka and Mamoru Tanaka 5. Rukun and Gotong Royong: Managing Public Places in an Indonesian Kampung Dwita Hadi Rahmi, Bambang Hari Wibisono and Bakti Setiawan
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II. Problems in Public Space 6. The Vanishing Streets in the Malaysian Urbanscape Ahmad Bashri Sulaiman and Suhana Shamsuddin 7. Endangered Street Life: Building Frontages and Street Activities in Hanoi Andre Casault 8. The Quest for Better Public Space: A Critical Review of Urban Hong Kong Charlie Q.L. Xue and Kevin K.K. Manuel 9. Public Domain, Private Interest - Social Space in Hong Kong Alexander R. Cuthbert and Keith G. McKinnell vii
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III. New Design/Planning Strategies
10. Architecture in the Pacific Century Chris Abel 11. Multi-Dimensional Planning and Public Space in the Philippines Grace C. Ramos 12. Place-Making and the New Mobility of Asian Cities: The Bangkok Plan Gary Hack 13. Design with High-Density: A Chinese Perspective PuMiao 14. A Question of Local Models: Public Spaces in Mae Hong Son, Thailand Barry Bell 15. The Alley as a Spiritual Axis for the Community:
