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Contents: Emerging Urbanity; Tokyo Rainbow Town, Japan; The Project of the Century, Minato Mirai 21, Yokohama, Japan; The Silicon Valley of China, Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park, Beijing; and more.
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Discussions on the global economy focus on the hyper-mobility of capital, the possibility of instantaneous transmission of information and money around the globe, the centrality of information outputs to our economic systems and emphasise the neutralisation of geography and of places. What is ignored, however, is that even the most advanced information industries need a material infrastructure of buildings and work processes, and considerable agglomeration, in order to operate in global markets. Further, the globalisation of economic activity has brought with it not only a vast dispersal of offices and factories, but also a growing importance of central functions to manage and coordinate such worldwide networks of activities.
The development of global urban projects is one manifestation of this move towards centrality in urban situations. These large-scale urban projects are the result of governments' seeking competitive advantage in the global economy. They are critical components of a nation's global infrastructure. In the booming economies of the Asia Pacific Rim prior to the Asian Economic Crisis these urban developments were seen as key components of national economic policies. In their making they require a conscious effort to arrange material infrastructure and reinforce that there is a role for urban design in this making. Emerging Urbanity is an exploration of this role in nine global urban projects in the Asia Pacific Rim.
Contents
1. Emerging Urbanity 2. Tokyo Rainbow Town, Japan 3. The Project of the Century, Minato Mirai 21, Yokohama, Japan 4.The Golden City in the City of Angels, Muang Thong Thani, Bangkok, Thailand 5. Focal Point of China, Lujiazui, Shanghai 6. The Silicon Valley of China, Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park, Beijing 7. Doi Moi and the Ascending Dragons of Vietnam, Hanoi North and Saigon South 8. New Downtown - Ideas for the City of Tomorrow, Singapore's New Central Business District 9. The Making of a Malaysian Capital, Putrajaya and the Multimedia Super Corridor, Kuala Lumpur 10. The Idea of the City - Critical Pasts and Futures. Bibliography.
