Heteroglossic Asia : the transformation of urban Taiwan / Francis Chia-Hui Lin.

Main entry:

Lin, Francis Chia-Hui.

Title & Author:

Heteroglossic Asia : the transformation of urban Taiwan / Francis Chia-Hui Lin.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2015.

Description:

xiv, 169 pages ; 24 cm.

Series:

Routledge research in planning and urban design

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"Heteroglossic Asia presents an analysis of geographic, historical, cultural, economic, spatial and political factors underlying Taiwan's maritime urbanity by means of case studies based on Taipei and Kaohsiung; two cities which represent the multi-accentual character of Taiwan's urban environment and its recent changes and development through architecture. Focussing on the concept of a heteroglossic Asia Pacific, exemplified by the analysis of Taiwan's urban transformation, the study argues that Taiwan's urban environment shows a form of intended "fuzziness" which cannot be described as resting on either a simplified nationalist base or chaotic societal anxiety. Rather, this form lies between binary poles: autocracy and democracy, nation state and day-to-day life, top-down and bottom-up orientations, orthodoxy and hybridisation"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781138800939 (hardback)
1138800937 (hardback)
(ebook)
9781315755199
9781317626374 (ePub ebook)
9781317626381 (PDF ebook)
9781317626367 (Mobipocket ebook)

Subject:

Urbanization Taiwan.
City planning Taiwan.
Architecture Taiwan.
Urbanisation Taiwan.
ARCHITECTURE Urban & Land Use Planning.
Architecture.
City planning.
Urbanization.
Taiwan.

Added entries:

Routledge research in planning and urban design.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 290037
Call No.: BIB 232781
Status: Available

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