This book presents a set of essays on the globalization and intra-urban dynamics of the Asian cities conducted by Taiwanese and French researchers. It covers four main themes: “culture-led regeneration projects,” “dynamics of second-tier cities,” “urban redevelopment and land issues,” and “new urban spaces of regulation, associational life, and civic action.”



　　It involved comparing research subject priorities in this field as well as the approaches chosen to deal with them within a geographical zone extended from Northeast to southern Asia. Rather than a comparison between Western and Asian visions of the same urban objects, the project aimed to highlight differences and/or similarities in the approaches of scientific communities, inevitably influenced by national issues.



　　With great articulation and discourse between urban reality and theories, it also observes distinctive approaches of urban research teams respectively in France and Taiwan.

Contributors

Overview



1 Introduction: About the Book

? Natacha Aveline-Dubach, Sue-Ching Jou, and Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao



2 Understanding Globalization in Urban Asia: Moving from Single to Plural Dimensions and Scales

? Natacha Aveline-Dubach



Part I Cultural-led Regeneration Projects

3 The Uneasy Partnership and Contested Meanings of C10Urban Form: Examining the Policies of Urban regeneration in Bangka, Taipei

? Liling Huang



4 The Embryology of Spontaneous Cultural Clusters in Taipei: The Creative Class, Consumption, and Urban Fabric in the Making

? Sue-Ching Jou and Dung-Sheng Chen



Part II Dynamics of Second-tier Cities

5 Central-local Land Dynamics in Harbourfront Transformation: Case Study of Kaohsiung, Taiwan

? Shiuh-Shen Chien, Dong-Li Hong, and Yei-Long Wu



6 Intra-urban Dynamics in Southeast Asian Cities: The Case of Penang and Surabaya

? Manuelle Franck and Nathalie Fau



7 The Uneven Impacts of Demographic Decline in a Japanese Metropolis: A Three-scale Approach to Urban Shrinkage Patterns in the Osaka Metropolitan Area

? Sophie Buhnik



Part III Urban Redevelopment and Land Issues

8 Land Development and Urban Growth in a Booming Property Market: The Taipei Experience

? Tzu-Chin Lin



9 New Patterns of Property Investment in “Post-bubble” Tokyo: The Shift from Land to Real Estate as a Financial Asset

? Natacha Aveline-Dubach



10 Liberalization of Real Estate Markets and Decentralization: What Is at Stake for Peri-urban Ha Noi within the Context of Metropolization?

? Sylvie Fanchette



11 Slums in India Metropolises Confronted with Large-Scale Urban Projects and Real Estate Development: Recent Trends in Delhi

? Veronique Dupont



Part IV New Urban Spaces of Regulation, Associational Life, and Civic Action

12 Plural Inequalities, Vulnerabilities and Urban Careers in Chinese Cities

? Laurence Roulleau-Berger



13 Globalizing Kuala Lumpur: Indonesian Migrant Workers, Urban Borderscapes and the Production of Metropolitan Spaces

? Lois Bastide



14 Everyday Musical Spaces: Street Music in Taipei

? Hsiao-Wei Chen



15 A Tale of Two Urban Middle Class Organizations in Taipei: Self-Service vs. Public Advocacy

? Yatan Hsiao and Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao