Emerging asian city: concomitant urbanities and urbanisms / vinayak Bharne

Introduction: Framing the Asian City Vinayak Bharne Part 1: Traditions 1. Anointed Cities: The Sacred Urbanism of Hindu India Vinayak Bharne 2. Cultivating Cultural Memory: Observing Ethnic Transitions in Inner Mongolia Eric Schuldenfrei 3. The Paradise Between Two Worlds: Re-reading Taj Mahal and its Environs Vinayak Bharne 4. Vernacular Shifts: Observing Dwelling Patterns in Anatolian Turkey Vic Liptak 5. Axes and Alleyways: The Tradition of Duality in Historic Korean Cities Pilwon Han 6. The Cultural Construction of Surakarta, Java Robert Cowherd 7. The New Old City: Nostalgia & Change in Historic Damascus Christa Salamandra 8. The Death & Life of Traditional Aquatic Settlements in Central Thailand Kasama Polakit Part 2: Tensions 9. Tensions Manifested: Reading the Viceroy's House in New Delhi Aseem Inam 10. Macau Paradox: Post-Colonial Portuguese-Chinese Urban Manifestations Marisa Yiu 11. Le Corbusier's Ruin: The Changing Face of Chandigarh's Capitol Vinayak Bharne 12. High Dreams and Stark Realities: Reading Islamabad Noman Ahmed & Hanif Daud 13. An (Almost) All American City: The Vision & Legacy of the Tehran Comprehensive Plan Vesta Nareh Zareh 14. The Dilemmas of Conservation & Reconstruction in Beiruit Aseel Sawalha 15. Manifesting Democracy: Public Space and the Search for Identity in Post-War Japan Vinayak Bharne 16. Post-Colonial Subconscious: Observing Mega-projects in south-east Asia Abidin Kusno Part 3: Transformations 17. Global Architecture and Ethnic Enclaves: Reading Kuala Lumpur's City Centre Mari Fujita 18. Making Way for a Global Metropolis: Mumbai's Rapidly Transforming Informal Sector Manish Chalana 19. From Handshake Buildings to Golf Villa Estates: How the "Flash Cities" of Manchaster & Shenzhen Came of Age Nick Roberts 20. The Culture of Compactness: Dimensions of Density in Hong Kong Peter Cookson Smith 21. Building Utopias: China's Emerging New Town Movement Zhong-jie Lin 22. Vertical Urbanism, Horizontal Urbanity: Notes from South-East Asia Jeff Hou 23. Museums as Catalysts: Abu Dhabi's Emerging Cultural District Seth Thompson 24. The "Dubai Effect": The Gulf, the Art World & Globalization Brettany Shannon Epilogue: Engaging the Asian City Vinayak Bharne & Aseem Inam