1. Introduction: Purpose, Themes and a Pathway Through the Book Section 1: Theory: Situating the New Culturual Economy in the Asian City 2. Changing Landscapes of Services and Restructuring in Asian Cities 3. The Cultural Turn and Urban Development in Asia 4. The Cultural Economy and the Relayering of Space in the City Section 2: The New Cultural Economy and the Reconstruction Space in Asian Cities 5. Film Festivals in Asian Cities 6. The Diversity of Innovation Patterns in New Industries: The Case of "Cool Japan" 7. Reinvention or Path Dependency? Transition of a Periphery Office District in the New Economy of the Teheran Valley, Seoul 8. Turning the Hong-Dae Area into a Cool ‘Cultural District’ in Seoul 9. From ‘Paris of the East’ to the ‘New York of Asia’? The Development of Shanghai as a Banking Centre 10. Suzhou Creek and the Cultural Quarter Program in Shanghai 11. Selling Place Through Art: The Creation and Establishment of Beijing’s District 798 12. Shenzhen’s Evolution from Tabula Rasa Laboratory of New Chinese Urbanism to Post-Industrial UNESCO Creative City of Design 13. Craft, Creativity and New Economic Spaces in Kyoto 14. The Cultural Economy in the Developmental State: A Comparison of Little India and Chinatown in Singapore 15. Making/Marketing Heritage: Chinatowns in Asia 16. Conclusions: Implications for Theory, Policy and Planning Practice
Peter W. Daniels is Professor of Geography, University of Birmingham. Kong Chong Ho is Vice Dean (Research) and Associate Professor of Sociology at Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore. Thomas A. Hutton is Professor in the Centre for Human Settlements at the University of British Columbia.
"This book provides insightful discussion of case studies in various urban spaces that spotlight the evolutionary space formation among Asian cities during the process of industrial and cultural transformation. This volume also opens a door for scholars to further investigate how these major Asian cities can continue to benefit from cultural spaces during this transition period." - Jaewon Lim, Journal of Regional Science, May 2013
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