Building liveable cities in Asia in the twenty-first century research and policy challenges for the urban future of Asia
This article focuses on the central question of what kind of urban places need to be developed in Asia to satisfy the requirements of sustainability and livability over the next fifty years. The paper argues that the fact that Asia which contains almost 60 per cent of the world’s population and...
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Environmental Management Society, Malaysia
2010
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2294/1/Article3_McGee.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2294/ http://www.ems-malaysia.org/mjem/index.html |
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| Summary: | This article focuses on the central question of what kind
of urban places need to be developed in Asia to satisfy the
requirements of sustainability and livability over the next
fifty years. The paper argues that the fact that Asia which
contains almost 60 per cent of the world’s population and
is presently engaged in engaged in a rapid phase of the
urban transition that will involve the addition of more than
a billion people to urban places over the next fifty years
means it imperative that urban policies be developed that
will create urban places that are sustainable and livable.
Yet there is at present there is a contradiction between
the “developmentalist “policies of many states that give
priority at the is phase of development to the material and
economic functions of urban places arguing that policies
for sustainability and livability can be introduced at a
later phase. The paper further argues that an increased
understanding of the processes underlying urban trends
in the 21st century suggests that it is not impossible
for the “developmental” and “sustainability” visions
to be introduced at the same time. This strategic vision
rests upon the development of research that will increase
the understanding of this process. Five main research
clusters are identified that focus on (1) the understanding
of the reconfiguration of extended urban spaces, (2) the
increasing functional integration of extended urban
spaces, (3) recognizing the importance of the urban fringes
(desakota) in the ecosystems of extended urban spaces. (4)
developing comparative research on the policy responses to
the challenges of extended urban spaces and, (5) developing
comparative research on the governance and management
of extended urban spaces. The conclusion of the article
suggests that in the light of the preceding discussion it is
possible to imagine two very different futures for the cities
of Asia |
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