Globalizing Taipei: The Political Economy of Spatial Development
by Kwok, ReginaldPub. Date: 2005-05-03
Publisher(s): Taylor & Francis
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Summary
This book examines the evolution and development pattern of Taipei against a background of increasing globalization, each contributor considering from a different perspective the historical and current trends at work in this key Asian Dragon city.
Table of Contents
| Contents | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Glossary | |
| Illustration Credits and Sources | |
| The Contributors | |
| Introduction: Asian Dragons, South China Growth Triangle, Developmental Governance and Globalizing Taipei | |
| Economic and Spatial Restructuring | |
| The Evolution of Economic Base: From Industrial City, Post-industrial City to Interface City | |
| The Development of Economic Structure: Producer Services and Growth Constraints | |
| The Transformation of Spatial Structure: From a Monocentric to a Polycentric City | |
| State and Society Realignment | |
| Urban Politics and Spatial Development: The Energence of a Participatory Planning | |
| Provision for Collective Consumption: Housing Production under Neoliberalism | |
| Domestic Politics in Urban Image Creation: Xinyi as the "Manhattan of Taipei" | |
| Social Differentiation | |
| Social Polarization and Income Inequality: Migration and Urban Labor Market | |
| Daily Consumption in a Globalizing City: Food Markets at the Crossroads Peter | |
| Cultural Reorientation | |
| Modernization Ideoscope: Imaginative Geography and Aesthetic Landscape in Taipei Rapid Transit System | |
| Commentary on the Marginalized Society: Tsai Ming-Liang's Films | |
| Postscript: Current Dilemma and Future Uncertainty Reginald | |
| Index | |
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