Ideas of the City in Asian Settings

Foreword, Chapter 1 Introduction Adele Esposito, Henco Bekkering, Charles Goldblum Chapter 2 The Spectral Coloniality of Calcutta's Ochterlony Sayanheb Chowdhury Chapter 3 'Centering' the City: the Upattasanti Pagoda as Symbolic Space in Myanmar's New Capital of Naypyidaw Donald M. Seekins Chapter 4 Transitions: The Form and Meaning of the 'New Philippine City' After 1898 Ian Morley Chapter 5 Global dynamics and tropes of place: 'touristed' spaces and city-making in Macau Sheyla S. Zandonai Chapter 6 A City for All: Perspectives from Colonial Calcutta Anindita Ghosh Chapter 7 A World Garden City in the New Millennium: Chengdu at the Crossroads of Verbal Representation and Global Vision Kenny K.K. Ng Chapter 8 Delhi Incognita: Challenging Delhi's Collective Memory by Writing about Illegal Settlements and Eviction Johanna Hahn Chapter 9 Physical Manifestation of Political Ideologies in Ali Sadi-kin's Jakarta (1966-1977) Pawda F. Tjoa Chapter 10 Religious Gentrification: Islam and the Remaking of Urban Place in Jakarta Hew Wai Weng Chapter 11 Invisible Technologies and Loud Narratives: A Critical Deconstruction of the Songdo 'Smart City' Project in Korea Chamee Yang Chapter 12 Changing ideas of Hanoi: state, citizens, markets Hans Schenk Chapter 13 Conclusion Adele Esposito, Henco Bekkering, Charles Goldblum.