Directors of Urban Change in Asia
ISBN: 9780203023211
Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited
Subjects: Area Studies; Development Studies Environment Social Work Urban Studies; Asian Studies; Political Studies; Japan & Asia;

Bringing together a group of international scholars, Directors of Urban Change in Asia examines who the 'directors' for urban change are in an eclectic mix of Asian cities. The books discusses how, in the majority of cases, urban change has come about primarily as the result of visionary leaders, on national, regional and local levels. It also makes clear that the less successful cities have tended to lack such leaders.

Peter Nas is Associate Professor at the Department of Anthropology, Leiden University, The Netherlands.

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