Routledge Handbook of Asian Cities

Part I: Introduction 1. Urban Asia in perspective 2. Smart cities in Asia: Ambiguity, innovation, and evolution 3. Asian cities in and beyond COVID-19 4. Vulnerable resilience in COVID-19: Invisibility and adaptability of the ‘informal’ cities of Southeast Asia 5. Making liveable cities: Experiences from Asia and the Pacific Part II: East Asian cities 6. East Asian cities: Deindustrialisation, greening, and the new geography of urbanisation 7. Hong Kong: One city, three spatial forms, and two possible fates? 8. Pyongyang: An urban metamorphosis under the power of marketisation 9. Seoul: Pursuing and sharing a global city 10. Shanghai: New directions in Chinese metropolitan planning 11. Taipei: Towards a liveable and sustainable city 12. Tokyo: Reinventing the modern Asian metropolis through adaptive strategies 13. Ulaanbaatar: When international plans and local preferences over urban densification collide 14. Xi’an: From an ancient world city to a 21st-century global logistics centre Part III: South Asian cities 15. South Asian cities: Informalisation of ecological and social change 16. Colombo: From colonial outpost to indigenous kleptocratic city 17. Delhi: Rethinking Indian urbanism through the capital’s multi-nuclei development 18. Dhaka: Growth management challenges for a rapidly urbanising megacity 19. Kabul: The 21st century urbanism we did not expect 20. Karachi: Changing institutional landscapes, challenges, and reforms 21. Kathmandu Valley: Unrealised proposals, decades of urban chaos and planning for a better future 22. Malé: Decentralising the world’s densest island capital—plans, determination, and challenges 23. Mumbai: ‘Mess is more’—value and shortcomings of the city’s ad hoc development process 24. Thimphu: Tranquil, peace, and happy city of the Himalayas Part IV: Southeast Asian cities 25. Southeast Asian cities: The imbalances of urban development 26. Bandar Seri Begawan: Why is Brunei’s capital chasing foreign dollars? 27. Bangkok: Creative disorder and the military imagination 28. Dili: Hurdles in constructing the urban from the ground 29. Ho Chi Minh City: Can it avoid the path dependence with Thu Duc City? 30. Jakarta: Seeking the sustainable megacity region 31. Kuala Lumpur: Post-Vision 2020 and post-pandemic futures 32. Manila: Aspiring to be an inclusive, resilient, and sustainable city amidst climate and disaster risks 33. Phnom Penh: Towards a post-dependency metropolisation? 34. Singapore: Planning for healthy ageing 35. Vientiane: Challenges in the policies and practices for sustainable urban development in a ‘least developed’ city 36. Yangon: Displacement urbanism, housing provisionality, and feminist spatial practices—an infrastructure of care at the urban margin Part V: Central Asian cities 37. Central Asian cities: Challenges in balancing global, national, and local development needs 38. Almaty: Modernisation through spatial reordering—urban networks, transport sector reforms, and Eurasianism 39. Ashgabat: The architecture as a showcase of a personal regime 40. Bishkek: Searching for Asianness in a post-Soviet city 41. Dushanbe: Urban transformation, changing spaces, and identities in Tajikistan 42. Tashkent: Aspiring for entrepreneurship and innovation hub Part VI: Conclusion 43. The Asian city in a new urban age