ABSTRACT
This book presents new research and theory at the regional scale showing the forms metropolitan regions might take to achieve sustainability. At the city scale the book presents case studies based on the latest research and practice from Europe, Asia and North America, showing how both planning and flagship design can propel cities into world class status, and also improve sustainability. The contributors explore the tension between polycentric and potentially sustainable development, and urban fragmentation in a physical context, but also in a wider cultural, social and economic context.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |8 pages
Introduction
part 1|84 pages
Theoretical Approaches in a Global Context
chapter 1|14 pages
What is a ‘World Class' City?
chapter 3|16 pages
The World City Hypothesis Revisited
part 2|144 pages
Polycentric Regions and Cities
chapter 6|18 pages
Promoting Sustainable Urban Form
chapter 11|16 pages
Global Integration, Growth Patterns and Sustainable Development
chapter 12|12 pages
Taichung the Waiting Metropolis and its Campaign Towards a ‘World Class' City
part 3|114 pages
Aspects of Fragmentation and Polycentrism
chapter 15|20 pages
Assessing Urban Fragmentation
chapter 17|24 pages
The Right to the City
chapter 19|18 pages
Staunchly Middle-class Travel Behaviour
chapter 20|12 pages
To Be or Not To Be a ‘World Class' City
part 4|10 pages
Conclusion