The rise of major metropolises across China since the 1990s has been a double-edged sword: although big cities function as economic powerhouses, concentrated urban growth can worsen regional inequalities, governance challenges, and social tensions. Wary of these dangers, China's…
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Modernity, nationhood, and Philippine cities -- Spanish colonialism, American imperialism, and the Philippines -- The city beautiful and the modern Philippine capital city -- Baguio : the United States' city beautiful in the Philippine uplands -- Regional capital plans and provi…
"The Treaty of Paris in 1898 initiated America's administration of the Philippines. By 1905, Manila had been replanned and the city of Baguio built as expressions of colonial sovereignty and as symbols of a society disassociating itself from its hitherto "uncivilized" existence.…
The Treaty of Paris in 1898 initiated America's administration of the Philippines. By 1905, Manila had been replanned and the city of Baguio built as expressions of colonial sovereignty and as symbols of a society disassociating itself from its hitherto "uncivilized" existence. …
Introduction: Revealing the Paradox -- The Epistemology of Escape and predator epistemology: knowing and failing to know multi-local spatiality -- Modalities of Power: what are the many places for their users, and who can use them? -- Multi-locality as Urbanization -- The Politi…
"The starting point of this book is the observation that there is a discrepancy between the lived reality of human beings and the fabricated, planned and governed 'reality' of the state apparatus at both the local and national level. The book posits multi-locality as an emerging…
"The starting point of this book is the observation that there is a discrepancy between the lived reality of human beings and the fabricated, planned and governed 'reality' of the state apparatus at both the local and national level. The book posits multi-locality as an emerging…
"The starting point of this book is the observation that there is a discrepancy between the lived reality of human beings and the fabricated, planned and governed 'reality' of the state apparatus at both the local and national level. The book posits multi-locality as an emerging…
"Imperial cities explores the influence of imperialism in the landscapes of modern European cities. Many cities still display unmistakable signs of their imperial past, not only in their architecture and monuments, but also in the ways in which their identities are constructed b…
"Imperial cities explores the influence of imperialism in the landscapes of modern European cities. Many cities still display unmistakable signs of their imperial past, not only in their architecture and monuments, but also in the ways in which their identities are constructed b…
In the last decade a new wave of urban research has emerged, putting comparative perspectives back on the urban studies agenda. However, this research is frequently based on similar case studies, on a few selected cities in America and Europe, and all too often focus on the abst…
