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The Asian urban landscape contains nearly half of the planet's inhabitants and more than half of its slum population living in some of its oldest and densest cities. It encompasses some of the world's oldest civilizations and colonizations, and today contains some of the world's fastest growing cities and economies. As such Asian cities create concomitant imagery - polarizations of poverty and wealth, blurred lines between formality and informality, and stark juxtapositions of ancient historic places with shimmering new skylines.This book embraces the complexity and ambiguity of the No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)307.76095Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Communities Specific kinds of communities Urban communities Biography And History AsiaLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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