Globalizing Taipei: The Political Economy of Spatial Development

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ISBN: 9780203001202 | 0203001206
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Copyright: 5/3/2005

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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.

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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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