Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Preface Part I: Framing the Discourse of Vertical Urbanism
1. Vertical Urbanism: Re-conceptualizing the Compact City
2. When New Urbanism Gets Old: Cultural Difference in Global City Design
3. Hong Kong’s Transit-Oriented Podium-Tower Development
4. City without Landmark: The Soft City for the Ageing Society
5. From Manhattan-ism to Bigness: Reconsidering an Alternative Urbanism of Rem Koolhaas
Part II: Urban Design and Transformation of Chinese Cities
6. The City after the City
7. Urban Regeneration and Public Space Making: Case Study of Urban Design for the North Bund in Shanghai
8. Urbanism in a Skyscraper: A Study of Vertical Malls in Hong Kong
9. Deterritorialization and the Collective Memories of Contemporary Shanghai
10. Restoring Hydrophilic Cities: Strategies of Urban Waterfront Space Classification and Design in Suzhou
11. Vertical Development and Urban Design: The Jiefangbei Experience
Part III: Compact City and Eco-city
12. Performance-based Model for Vertical Urbanism
13. Compact Development in Hong Kong
14. Spatial Metrics of Urban Form: Measuring Compact Cities in China
15. Eco-city Planning in China: A Review of Policies and Cases 2009–2015
16. Living off the Ground: Cautionary Tales from a Small Island
Part IV Expanding Pedagogical Territory
17. Experiencing the Compact City: A Pedagogy of Global Engagement
18. Suzhou Industrial Park High-speed Rail Station Business District
19. Redevelopment of Xiangmen Area in the Historic Center of Suzhou
20. Wuyuan Bay Waterfront Redevelopment in Xiamen
Index