Asia beyond growth / edited by AECOM.

Language: English Publisher: London: Thames & Hudson, 2010Description: 483 pages: color illustrations, color maps; 23 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780500288603Subject(s): Urbanization -- Asia | Cities and towns -- Asia -- GrowthDDC classification: 307.1216095
Contents:
An urban moment Bigger footprints Growth : vertical vs. horizontal Homogenization Infravestment Importing architecture Rising wealth More connections Cosmopolitanism Social integration Projections An urban future.
Summary: More than half the world's population now lives in cities, with most of these cities in Asia. This text describes the resulting challenges - population explosion, pollution, destruction of eco-systems, water shortages, sanitation, inhuman social environments and the solutions provided by visionary designers, architects and planners.
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An urban moment
Bigger footprints
Growth : vertical vs. horizontal
Homogenization
Infravestment
Importing architecture
Rising wealth
More connections
Cosmopolitanism
Social integration
Projections
An urban future.

More than half the world's population now lives in cities, with most of these cities in Asia. This text describes the resulting challenges - population explosion, pollution, destruction of eco-systems, water shortages, sanitation, inhuman social environments and the solutions provided by visionary designers, architects and planners.

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