The Urban Design of Intervention
Imposed and Adaptive Places in Asian Cities
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The book presents an overview of Asian urbanism and outlines 20 case studies of Asian cities, revealing the diversity and evolution of cultural patterns, geographic spread, density and complexity of urban environment evolution. Featured cities are Bangkok, Beijing, Delhi, George Town, Goa, Hanoi, Jakarta, Kolkata, Kuala Lumpur, Lahore, Macau, Malacca, Manila, Mumbai, Phnom Penh, Seoul, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo and Yangon.
About this Author
Peter Cookson Smith: Architect, planner and urban designer, he is a director of URBIS, the firm he founded in Hong Kong in 1977 - one of the first specialist planning, environmental, landscape and urban design consultancies in Asia. He is an Honorary Professor at the Department of Architecture, University of Hong Kong.
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