Urban Risk and Well-being in Asian Megacities
Urban Lower and Middle Classes in Bangkok, Shanghai, and Tokyo
1st Edition
Published on 31. March 2023
Book
Hardback
170 pages
978-1-032-35713-3 (ISBN)
Description
Rapid urbanisation presents challenges such as inequality, informalisation and diversified, social needs for emerging cities. Informal and formal institutions and their impact on urban development and well-being vary across social classes and cities.
Endo, Shibuya, and their contributors provide a systematic and multifaceted overview of urban well-being. It explores the characteristics and complexities of urban well-being of lower and middle classes in Asian megacities. The book explains that social setting and socioeconomic condition of individuals and households play a critical role in urban well-being. It offers insights on the vulnerabilities and resilience of urban populations and the intertwined dynamics of social networks and what they mean for individual well-being.
This book will be a useful reference for students, researchers and academics in urban studies, Asian studies or development studies.
Endo, Shibuya, and their contributors provide a systematic and multifaceted overview of urban well-being. It explores the characteristics and complexities of urban well-being of lower and middle classes in Asian megacities. The book explains that social setting and socioeconomic condition of individuals and households play a critical role in urban well-being. It offers insights on the vulnerabilities and resilience of urban populations and the intertwined dynamics of social networks and what they mean for individual well-being.
This book will be a useful reference for students, researchers and academics in urban studies, Asian studies or development studies.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic and Postgraduate
Illustrations
31 s/w Tabellen, 32 s/w Abbildungen, 3 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 29 s/w Zeichnungen
31 Tables, black and white; 29 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Halftones, black and white; 32 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
458 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-35713-3 (9781032357133)
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Tamaki Endo | Momoyo Shibuya
Urban Risk and Well-being in Asian Megacities
Urban Lower and Middle Classes in Bangkok, Shanghai, and Tokyo
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Tamaki Endo | Momoyo Shibuya
Urban Risk and Well-being in Asian Megacities
Urban Lower and Middle Classes in Bangkok, Shanghai, and Tokyo
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03/2023
1st Edition
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Tamaki Endo | Momoyo Shibuya
Urban Risk and Well-being in Asian Megacities
Urban Lower and Middle Classes in Bangkok, Shanghai, and Tokyo
E-Book
03/2023
1st Edition
Routledge
€55.49
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Persons
Tamaki Endo is Professor at the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Saitama University. Her research interests include informal economy, urban development, inequality and global value chain. She received her PhD in Economics (2007) from Kyoto University. Main publications are Living with Risks: Precarity & Bangkok's Urban Poor (NUS Press association with Kyoto University Press, 2014), Goto, Endo and Ito [eds], The Asian Economy: Contemporary Issues and Challenges (Routledge, 2020).
Momoyo Shibuya is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Saitama University. She received her PhD from Macquarie University on ethnic relations of the Japanese transnational community in a social contextual shift. After completing her degree, she worked as a researcher in the media industry and at think tanks before joining Saitama University. Her research interests include ethnic networks and soft power contributing one chapter to the Routledge Handbook of Soft Power (2nd ed., forthcoming).
Momoyo Shibuya is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Saitama University. She received her PhD from Macquarie University on ethnic relations of the Japanese transnational community in a social contextual shift. After completing her degree, she worked as a researcher in the media industry and at think tanks before joining Saitama University. Her research interests include ethnic networks and soft power contributing one chapter to the Routledge Handbook of Soft Power (2nd ed., forthcoming).
Content
1.Urban Risk and Well-Being in Asian Megacities 2. Megacities matter: Socioeconomic dynamics and subjective well-being in three megacities 3. Asian Megacity Survey on Well-Being 4. Understanding urban well-being from a historical perspective 5. Perceived and Experienced Urban Risks and Life Difficulties: Past, Present, and Future 6. The Networks of Received and Anticipated Supports as a Risk Response to Urban Life in Asia 7. Life Satisfaction and Social Security in Three Megacities 8. Towards better urban well-being in Asian megacities