At a time when intense dynamics of urban development of Asian cities puzzle and disorient, Ideas of the City in Asian Settings offers knowledge about the concepts, representations, and ideas that lie beneath the historical and contemporary production of cities in Asia, in order to deepen our understanding of the processes and meanings of urban development in the continent. The book sheds more light on the vast array of rules and innovations and aspirations that make cities into complex objects that are continuously ‘in the making’. Because Asian cities have experienced unprecedented dynamics of urban development during the last fifty years, they are considered as crucial places to question the perspectives that multiple actors project onto changing urban environments, as well as the evolution of the role of cities in globalisation.
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- Adèle Esposito, Henco Bekkering and Charles Goldblum
- Part 1. Images and Symbols
- 2. The Spectral Coloniality of Calcutta’s Ochterlony
- 3. ‘Centering’ the City
- The Upattasanti Pagoda as Symbolic Space in Myanmar’s New Capital of Naypidaw
- 4. Transitions
- The Form and Meaning of the ‘New Philippine City’ after 1898
- 5. Global Dynamics and Tropes of Place
- ‘Touristed’ Spaces and City-Making in Macau
- Part 2. Tales of the City
- 6. A City for All
- Perspectives from Colonial Calcutta
- 7. A World Garden City in the New Millennium
- Chengdu at the Crossroads of Verbal Representation and Global Vision
- 8. Delhi Incognita
- Challenging Delhi’s Collective Memory by Writing about Illegal Settlements and Eviction
- Part 3. Political and Urban Discourses
- 9. The Physical Manifestation of Political Ideologies in Ali Sadikin’s Jakarta (1966-1977)
- 10. Religious Gentrification: Islam and the Remaking of Urban Place in Jakarta
- 11. Invisible Technologies and Loud Narratives
- A Critical Deconstruction of the Songdo ‘Smart City’ Project in Korea
- 12. Changing ideas of Hanoi
- 13. Conclusion
- Adèle Esposito, Henco Bekkering and Charles Goldblum
- Index
- List of Figures and Tables
- Figures
- Figure 2.1 Uncoloured lithograph of a panorama of Calcutta drawn after nature by Frederick Fiebig and printed by T. Black of Asiatic Lithographic Press in Calcutta in 1847
- Figure 2.2 Photograph from Samuel Bourne’s seven-part series of the panoramic view of Calcutta from Ochterlony Monument, taken in the 1860s
- Figure 2.3 Photograph by Oscar Malitte, dating to the 1870s, from an album entitled Photographs of India and Overland Route
- Figure 2.4 A congregation of people near the Monument on a monsoon day
- Figure 2.5 Photograph taken by Ahmed Ali titled ‘The Business Centre of Calcutta, 1960’
- Figure 2.6 A rally near the Monument in 1970
- Figure 2.7 A balancing game-show in progress near the Ochterlony; photograph by Santanu Mitra, dated 19 September 1981, from the series Occupations
- Figure 2.8 Publicity material announcing a rally, issued by the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- Figure 2.9 Publicity poster for noted Bengali filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak’s film Bari Theke Paliye (The Runaway Boy, 1958). The artwork is by theatre designer, painter, and illustrator Khaled Choudhury
- Figure 3.1 Region of Naypyidaw
- Figure 3.2 Site of Naypyidaw
- Figure 3.3 The Union Parliament complex in Naypyidaw, which is not only vast but also displays traditional Myanmar motifs
- Figure 3.4 A roundabout or circus, often decorated with large artificial flowers, marks the intersections of major highways in the new capital
- Figure 3.5 The Upattasanti Pagoda, a Shwedagon Pagoda replica, built by Senior General Than Shwe at Naypyidaw
- Figure 3.6 The Upattasanti Pagoda seen from a distance, on the road between Pyinmana and Naypyidaw
- Figure 3.7 Brightly decorated interior of the Upattasanti Pagoda
- Figure 4.1 The McMillan Plan for Washington DC, 1901-02
- Figure 4.2 The view eastward within the Mall towards the Capitol Building in Washington DC, USA
- Figure 4.3 A photograph dating from the late 1890s showing an estero in Manila
- Figure 4.4 The plan for Manila as proposed by Burnham and Anderson in 1905
- Figure 4.5 A plan of Burnham Green, showing the Luneta, Ocean Boulevard (labelled as Cavite Boulevard), a site for a new hotel, and the new pier
- Figure 4.6 A panoramic view of Rizal Park as it appears today; the space was originally proposed by Burnham in 1905 to be a Mall lying immediately to the west of the Capitol
- Figure 4.7 The Rizal Monument, Rizal Park, Manila as seen on Rizal Day in 2015; designed by Richard Kissling, and opened in 1913, the monument is dedicated to the memory of Rizal, a ‘patriot and martyr’
- Figure 4.8 The Capitol Building in Lingayen, Pangasinan Province; with landscaped grounds to its rear and front, and a large roadway (today known as Maramba Boulevard) connecting the district to the Spanish-era settlement, this civic centre helped shift
- Figure 4.9 A photograph dating from 1915 showing the view in Baguio from the National Government Buildings to the City Hall (in the background)
- Figure 4.10 Burnham’s proposed civic centre for Chicago as part of the 1909 plan
- Figure 5.1 Grand Lisboa casino-hotel
- Figure 5.2 Locations of the casinos in the Macau SAR
- Figure 5.3 Ferreira do Amaral Square
- Figure 5.4 Macau Historic Centre
- Figure 5.5 Avenida Almeida Ribeiro, 新馬路 (san ma lou)
- Figure 5.6 Rua da Palha
- Figure 6.1 Old Courthouse and Street, by Thomas Daniell, from Views of Calcutta, 1788, coloured aquatint with etching
- Figure 6.2 Typical view of the built-up ‘streetless’ Calcutta at the start of the twentieth century, from E.P. Richards, Report by Request of the Trust on the Condition, Improvement and Town Planning of the City of Calcutta and Contiguous Areas. Calcutta
- Figure 6.3 Ferry Steamer, woodcut print, n.d.
- Figure 6.4 Steam, woodcut print, n.d.
- Figure 7.1 The obelisk in the People’s Park (Renmin Gongyuan, formerly Shaocheng Park) in Chengdu; the public monument was dedicated to the victims of the Railroad Protection Movement in 1911
- Figure 7.2 A historic teahouse inside the People’s Park (Renmin Gongyuan, formerly Shaocheng Park)
- Figure 7.3 Public market in Bronze Goat Palace
- Figure 7.4 Bronze Goat Palace
- Figure 7.5 The Christian Church on Sishengci Street
- Figure 7.6 Modernised alleyway of Wide Lane, a new tourist attraction
- Figure 7.7 East Main Street (Dong Dajie) in downtown; it remains the commercial hub of the city
- Figure 7.8 Current site of the Sichuan Provincial Government on Viceroy Court Street (Duyuan Jie), the exact location of the Viceroy’s yamen in Qing Dynasty Chengdu
- Figure 7.9 West Main Street (Xiyu Jie) under urban renovation
- Figure 7.10 A roadside billboard in Chengdu advertising a new commercial arcade
- Figure 7.11 The statue of Mao erected in Tianfu Square (Tianfu Guangchang) in the heart of the city—at the former site of the Imperial Palace
- Figure 7.12 The people of Chengdu thronged to the Imperial Palace to celebrate Sichuan’s independence on 27 November 1911
- Figure 7.13 People’s Road South (Renmin Nanlu), looking from Tianfu Square
- Figure 7.14 The Du Fu Caotang Memorial
- Figure 7.15 Tianhui Town
- Figure 7.16 A renovated street and shops in Tianhui Town
- Figure 7.17 An old street with grocery stores in Tianhui Town, reminiscent of Xingshun Grocery in Ripple on Stagnant Water
- Figure 7.18 A traditional-style tea garden in Tianhui Town, like the one in Ripple on Stagnant Water
- Figure 7.19 A 1911 Chengdu map illustrating certain important locations in Li Jieren’s novels
- Figure 7.20 A contemporary Chengdu map, n.d.
- Figure 8.1 Cover of Trickster City
- Figure 8.2 Aerial photographs of Nangla Manchi before (2004) and after (2006) the demolishment
- Figure 8.3 The raid of Yamuna Pushta
- Figure 8.4 Map of Delhi indicating resettlement of inhabitants of the former Nangla Manchi to Savda Ghevra
- Figure 8.5 Page of Galiyoṃ se/By Lanes
- Figure 8.6 Cover of Bahurūpiyā Śahar
- Figure 8.7 Illustration `Eviction’ in Trickster City
- Figure 9.1 The main avenue studied
- Figure 9.2 Comparison between the existing road network (left) and the proposed expansion (right)
- Figure 10.1 Muslim Gated Communities in Peri-Urban Jakarta. This map includes both completed housing projects and those that were under construction in 2016. It does not cover all existing Muslim gated communities, only those the author is aware of
- Figure 10.2 Advertisement for Muslim housing complexes: `Living in Modern, Green and Islamic Atmosphere’. This advertisement of the Orchid Village in Depok claims it to be an `interesting investment’. It states that that the Orchid Green Village is free
- Figure 10.3 ‘Pilihan Tepat Keluarga Muslim (Right Choice for Muslim Families)’—advertisement of the Pesona Darussalam in Bogor, claiming that Pesona Darusslama is situated in a strategic location (close to Bojong Gede train station) and has facilities su
- Figure 10.4 ‘Islamic Green Living’—advertisement of the Pondok Nurul Fikri in Depok, stating that most of the units at Pondok Nurul Fikri have sold out, with the exception of the Samarra and Cardova types. It lists the facilities inside the housing compl
- Figure 11.1 Map of Songdo, Incheon
- Figure 11.2 Central Park, Songdo
- Figure 11.3 Tomorrow City Plaza, Songdo; architects: SPACE Group
- Figure 11.4 Tri-bowl Gallery, Songdo; architects: iArc Architects
- Figure 11.5 Entrance to the ‘Compact Smart City’, a promotional venue of the city
- Figure 11.6 Central Control Tower, Songdo
- Figure 12.1 Sketch map of Hanoi, indicating locations mentioned in the text
- Figure 12.2 KTT Quynh Mai
- Figure 12.3 Private housing in a former village
- Figure 12.4 KTT block deformed by ‘hanging balconies’, KTT Quynh Mai
- Figure 12.5 New high-rise apartments replacing KTT blocks, KTT Kim Lien
- Figure 12.6 Housing in New Urban Village Lang Cot, Cau Giay District
- Figure 12.7 Road pattern of Lang Cot
- Tables
- Table 3.1 Myanmar’s three capitals and their spaces
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