
Critical Reflections on Cities in Southeast Asia
Times Academic Press,Singapore
Published on 25. July 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-981-210-192-1 (ISBN)
Description
Critical Reflections draws together the multi-disciplinary research of scholars working in and on cities across Southeast Asia. The fourteen essays collected in the volume are organised into three thematic sections: (re)conceptualisation, competition and intervention. Collectively, these reflections contribute to and interrogate the expanding urban and regional studies literature.
The volume constitutes a critical corrective to the existing literature which all-too-often seeks to diagnose contemporary urban trends everywhere from a small number of, mostly Western, "paradigmatic cases". Yet, while acknowledging the increasing interconnectedness and shared global orientation of most cities in Southeast Asia, the volume is wary of positing an equally generalising regional model. Individually, these essays attend to the diversity of contemporary urban experiences in Southeast Asia.
The volume constitutes a critical corrective to the existing literature which all-too-often seeks to diagnose contemporary urban trends everywhere from a small number of, mostly Western, "paradigmatic cases". Yet, while acknowledging the increasing interconnectedness and shared global orientation of most cities in Southeast Asia, the volume is wary of positing an equally generalising regional model. Individually, these essays attend to the diversity of contemporary urban experiences in Southeast Asia.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Weight
523 gr
ISBN-13
978-981-210-192-1 (9789812101921)
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