Asian - reconciliation with the world city order: Megacities
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Hinge, v.66, 2000, pp. 36-38, 42-52
Abstract
Megacities are emerging in Asia at a rate that bewilders western societies, writes DR Q M MAHTAB-UZ-ZAMAN. In 1950, there were only two so-called megacities - New York and London. Today, developing countries accommodate the majority: 28 megacities have been identified from which 22 are located in developing countries. These were just a few of the startling facts that emerged at the international conference Megacities 2000 organised by the Centre of Architecture and Urban Design for China and Hong Kong (organised by Assoc Prof Stephen Lau and Dr Q M Mahtab-uz-Azman), Department of Architecture, University of Hong Kong. Held over three days from 8-10 February, the programme played host to key participants from four cities: Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sao Paulo and Tokyo.
(1) Kuala Lumpur Linear City, Malaysia
(2) Putrajaya Garden City, Malaysia
(3) Urban challenges in Hong Kong: future directions for design
(4) Megacities - a need for new paradigms for urban design and sustainability?
(5) Urban Landscape: conceptualising a healing process
(6) Whose place is this city? On ethnic identity and urban form in late-twentieth-century Vancouver
(7) Hyper-building concept for next millennium
(8) Hyper spiral project
(9) Public space in the derelict old city area, a case study of Mong Kok, Hong Kong
(10) The ecological, effective and three-dimensional public space of the downtown Jing'an Temple Plaza in Shanghai
(11) The human touch factors underpinning overall design for a human future
(12) The place of 'Place' in the megacity 2000
(13) Geoplane
(14) Homeostatic balance within a boundary: objectives of housing sustainable development in high density
(15) Hyperden-city
(16) SAS project for analysing the future possibilities of high-density living in the Tokyo Megalopolis
(17) After the hard core city
(18) The bionic tower
(19) Urban renewal and competition among cities under the light of globalisation: a comparative study of world cities
(20) Cities in transition
(21) Space city project - part I (planning version)
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Notes: International Conference Megacities 2000
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Article
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2000
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en