Eco-Urbanism and the South East Asian City: Climate, Urban-Architectural Form and Heritage (1st ed. 2023)

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Synopsis
This book traces the history of urban design in tropical South East Asia with a view to offering solutions to contemporary architectural and urban problems. The book examines how pre-colonial forms and patterns from South East Asian traditional cities, overlaid by centuries of change, recall present notions of ecological and organic urbanism. These may look disorganised, yet they reflect and suggest certain common patterns that inform eco-urban design paradigms for the development of future cities.Taking a thematic approach, the book examines how such historical findings, debates and discussions can assist designers and policy makers to interpret and then instil identities in urban design across the Asian region. The book weaves a discourse across planning, urban design, architecture and ornamentation dimensions to reconstruct forgotten forms that align with the climate of place and resynchronise with the natural world, unearthing an ecologically benign urbanism that can inform the future.Written in an accessible style, this book will be an invaluable reference for researchers and students within the fields of cultural geography, urban studies and architecture.
Copyright:
2023

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9789811916373
Related ISBNs:
9789811916366
Publisher:
Springer Nature Singapore
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Copyrighted By:
The Editor
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Home and Garden, Social Studies, Sociology
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Shireen Jahn Kassim
Edited by:
Noor Hanita Abdul Majid
Edited by:
Dzulkifli Abdul Razak

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