ABSTRACT
This book, the result of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat 6th World Congress: Cities in the Third Millennium, examines the issues which must be addressed if we are to have a common understanding of the forces of change.Experts in architecture, engineering and planning contribute a commentary on the existing condition of urban design,
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |28 pages
Recent Infrastructure Developments in Hong Kong – the Background, Current and Future Developments
Raymond W. M. Wong
chapter |16 pages
Social Infrastructure in Tall Buildings: A Tale of Two Towers
Carolyn Whitzman, MA, MCIP
chapter |36 pages
Sustainability and Cities: The Role of Tall Buildings in this New Global Agenda
Peter Newman
chapter |20 pages
Shaping the Future of Human Settlements: Globalisation, and the Leadership and Management of Change
Peter Ellyard
chapter |6 pages
The Creative City: Harnessing the Imagination of Urban Decision Makers
Charles Landry
chapter |4 pages
Co-existing with the Past City – Building in Historical Places
Jong Soung Kimm, FAIA, KIA
