TY - BOOK ID - 78139336 TI - Directors of urban change in Asia PY - 2005 SN - 1134267371 1280281375 9786610281374 0203023218 9780203023211 9780415350891 0415350891 6610281378 0415350891 9781134267378 9781134267323 1134267320 9781134267361 1134267363 9780415405874 0415405874 9781280281372 PB - London ; New York : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Urban policy KW - City planning KW - Urbanization KW - Cities and towns KW - Global cities KW - Municipalities KW - Towns KW - Urban areas KW - Urban systems KW - Human settlements KW - Sociology, Urban KW - Cities and towns, Movement to KW - Urban development KW - Social history KW - Sociology, Rural KW - Rural-urban migration KW - Civic planning KW - Land use, Urban KW - Model cities KW - Redevelopment, Urban KW - Slum clearance KW - Town planning KW - Urban design KW - Urban planning KW - Land use KW - Planning KW - Art, Municipal KW - Civic improvement KW - Regional planning KW - Urban renewal KW - Cities and state KW - Urban problems KW - City and town life KW - Economic policy KW - Social policy KW - Growth KW - Government policy KW - Management UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78139336 AB - Bringing together a group of international scholars, Directors of Urban Change in Asia examines who the 'directors' for urban change are in an eclectic mix of Asian cities. The books discusses how, in the majority of cases, urban change has come about primarily as the result of visionary leaders, on national, regional and local levels. It also makes clear that the less successful cities have tended to lack such leaders. ER -