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Advancing the Regional Commons in the New East Asia highlights a
number of interests which members of ASEAN and Plus Three countries
collectively recognize. This set of common interests includes not
only economic development but also social development. Written by
nationals in their respective countries, the different chapters in
this volume highlights the different foundations for such common
interests and these reflect the different constructive ways in
which ASEAN and Plus Three countries come to see a multi-strand
cooperative partnership. The task of advancing the regional commons
will involve efforts to recognise and nurture ASEAN's and Plus
Three's common interests in terms of broad social development,
managing regional security issues, the development of a regional
infrastructure, and ensuring collective progress for all member
countries. ASEAN becomes a community in 2015 and the idea of
embracing, protecting, sustaining and advancing the regional
commons become a vital process. Concurrently, APT has also realized
that its contribution to the achieving goal of community and
promoting regional commons is absolutely critical for both ASEAN
and the Plus Three countries. Academics will find in this volume a
clear analytical treatment of issues which regional groupings are
currently facing and this can provide the basis for a comparative
analysis. This volume will also be of interest to students and the
general public looking for a systematic introduction to the
successful implementation of cooperative ventures and also an
assessment of the new collaborative energies which shape this
dynamic region.
Advancing the Regional Commons in the New East Asia highlights a
number of interests which members of ASEAN and Plus Three countries
collectively recognize. This set of common interests includes not
only economic development but also social development. Written by
nationals in their respective countries, the different chapters in
this volume highlights the different foundations for such common
interests and these reflect the different constructive ways in
which ASEAN and Plus Three countries come to see a multi-strand
cooperative partnership. The task of advancing the regional commons
will involve efforts to recognise and nurture ASEAN's and Plus
Three's common interests in terms of broad social development,
managing regional security issues, the development of a regional
infrastructure, and ensuring collective progress for all member
countries. ASEAN becomes a community in 2015 and the idea of
embracing, protecting, sustaining and advancing the regional
commons become a vital process. Concurrently, APT has also realized
that its contribution to the achieving goal of community and
promoting regional commons is absolutely critical for both ASEAN
and the Plus Three countries. Academics will find in this volume a
clear analytical treatment of issues which regional groupings are
currently facing and this can provide the basis for a comparative
analysis. This volume will also be of interest to students and the
general public looking for a systematic introduction to the
successful implementation of cooperative ventures and also an
assessment of the new collaborative energies which shape this
dynamic region.
During the second half of the twentieth century, development in the
Asia-Pacific region has been dominated by industrialization.
However, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, services, in
particular, finance, information and creative services, have become
deeply embedded in the processes of urban growth. In Asia-Pacific
the rise of service industries has lead to national modernization
programmes and globalization strategies. Services are also driving
change in the internal form of city regions and are being actively
deployed as instruments of metropolitan reconfiguration and land
use changes. These changes have created problems such as social
polarization and the displacement of traditional industries and
residential districts. Also, there are tensions between local and
global processes in the development of service industries, and
between the imperatives of competitive advantage and sustainable
development. Service Industries and Asia Pacific Cities brings
together a multi-disciplinary team of experts to explore and
illustrate the theoretical, conceptual and practical issues arising
from the transformation of Asia-Pacific cities by service
industries.
During the second half of the twentieth century, development in the
Asia-Pacific region has been dominated by industrialization.
However, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, services, in
particular, finance, information and creative services, have become
deeply embedded in the processes of urban growth. In Asia-Pacific
the rise of service industries has lead to national modernization
programmes and globalization strategies. Services are also driving
change in the internal form of city regions and are being actively
deployed as instruments of metropolitan reconfiguration and land
use changes. These changes have created problems such as social
polarization and the displacement of traditional industries and
residential districts. Also, there are tensions between local and
global processes in the development of service industries, and
between the imperatives of competitive advantage and sustainable
development.
"Service Industries and Asia Pacific Cities" brings together a
multi-disciplinary team of experts to explore and illustrate the
theoretical, conceptual and practical issues arising from the
transformation of Asia-Pacific cities by service industries.
Bringing together an interdisciplinary group of scholars,
Post-Politics and Civil Society in Asian Cities examines how the
concept of 'post-politics' has manifested across a range of Asian
cities, and the impact this has had on state-society relationships
in processes of urban governance. This volume examines how the
post-political framework-derived from the study of Western liberal
democracies-applies to Asian cities. Appreciating that the region
has undergone a distinctive trajectory of political development,
and is currently governed under democratic or authoritarian
regimes, the book articulates how post-political conditions have
created obstacles or opportunities for civil society to assert its
voice in urban governance. Chapters address the different ways in
which Asian civil society groups strive to gain a stake in the
development and management of cities, specifically by looking at
their involvement in heritage and environmental governance, two
inter-related components in discourses about establishing liveable
cities for the future. By providing in-depth case studies examining
the varying degrees to which post-political ideologies have been
enacted in urban governance across Central, South, Southeast, and
East Asia, this book offers a useful and timely resource for
students and scholars interested in urban studies, political
science, Asian studies, geography, and sociology.
Bringing together an interdisciplinary group of scholars,
Post-Politics and Civil Society in Asian Cities examines how the
concept of 'post-politics' has manifested across a range of Asian
cities, and the impact this has had on state-society relationships
in processes of urban governance. This volume examines how the
post-political framework-derived from the study of Western liberal
democracies-applies to Asian cities. Appreciating that the region
has undergone a distinctive trajectory of political development,
and is currently governed under democratic or authoritarian
regimes, the book articulates how post-political conditions have
created obstacles or opportunities for civil society to assert its
voice in urban governance. Chapters address the different ways in
which Asian civil society groups strive to gain a stake in the
development and management of cities, specifically by looking at
their involvement in heritage and environmental governance, two
inter-related components in discourses about establishing liveable
cities for the future. By providing in-depth case studies examining
the varying degrees to which post-political ideologies have been
enacted in urban governance across Central, South, Southeast, and
East Asia, this book offers a useful and timely resource for
students and scholars interested in urban studies, political
science, Asian studies, geography, and sociology.
The largest cities in Pacific Asia are the engines of their
countries' economic growth, seats of national and regional
political power, and repositories of the nation's culture and
heritage. The economic changes impacting large cities interact with
political forces along with social cultural concerns, and in the
process also impact the neighbourhoods of the city. Neighbourhoods
for the City in Pacific Asia looks at local collective action and
city government responses and its impact on the neighbourhood and
the city. A multi-sited comparative approach is taken in studying
local action in five important cities (Bangkok, Hong Kong, Seoul,
Singapore and Taipei) in Pacific Asia. With site selection in these
five cities guided by local experts, neighbourhood issues
associated with the fieldsites are explored through interviews with
a variety of stakeholders involved in neighourhood building and
change. The book enables comparisons across a number of key issues
confronting the city: heritage (Bangkok and Taipei), local
community involved provisioning of amenities (Seoul and Singapore),
placemaking versus place marketing (Bangkok and Hong Kong). Cities
are becoming increasingly important as centers for politics,
citizen engagement and governance. The collaborative efforts city
governments establish with local communities become an important
way to address the liveability of cities.
This book explores the role of culture in the urban transformation of Asian cities. Departing from the strictly economic treatment of urbanization that has tended to dominate urban geography, Culture and the City in East Asia demonstrates how the pervasive influence of culture has effected Asian urbanization, using both comparative analysis and individual studies of major cities of the region: Seoul, Beijing, Tokyo, Hanoi, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
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