Asian ethical urbanism; a radical postmodern perspective.981256313X Asian ethical urbanism; a radical postmodern post·mod·ern adj. Of or relating to art, architecture, or literature that reacts against earlier modernist principles, as by reintroducing traditional or classical elements of style or by carrying modernist styles or practices to extremes: perspective. Lim, William S William, crown prince of Germany William or Frederick William, 1882–1951, crown prince of Germany, son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the German attack . W. World Scientific 2005 240 pages $42.00 Paperback HT169 An architect and prolific writer based in Singapore, Lim proposes a theory to address three fundamental problems he has identified: the demise Death. A conveyance of property, usually of an interest in land. Originally meant a posthumous grant but has come to be applied commonly to a conveyance that is made for a definitive term, such as an estate for a term of years. of modernist planning, the suffering of millions of urban poor in Asia under urbicide and redevelopment, and the vacuum of implementable radical urban theories just when Asian cities are rapidly expanding and being restructured. After setting out his theory, he applies it to Hanoi, Shanghai Shanghai (shăng`hī`, shäng`hī`), city (1994 est. pop. 12,980,000), in, but independent of, Jiangsu prov., E China, on the Huangpu (Whangpoo) River where it flows into the Chang (Yangtze) estuary. , and Singapore. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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