"This book presents the latest research on three issues of crucial importance to Asian cities: governance, liveability, and sustainability. Together, these issues canvass the salient trends defining Asian urbanization and are explored through an eclecticcompendium of studies that represent the many voices of this diverse region. Examining the processes and implications of Asian urbanization, the book interweaves practical cases with theories and empirical rigour while lending insight and complexity intothe towering challenges of urban governance. The book targets a broad audience including thinkers, practitioners, and students"--
This book presents the latest research on three issues of crucial importance to Asian cities: governance, livability, and sustainability. Together, these issues canvass the salient trends defining Asian urbanization and are explored through an eclectic compendium of studies that represent the many voices of this diverse region. Examining the processes and implications of Asian urbanization, the book interweaves practical cases with theories and empirical rigor while lending insight and complexity into the towering challenges of urban governance. The book targets a broad audience including thinkers, practitioners, and students.
This book offers the latest research on three issues of crucial importance to Asian cities: governance, liveability, and sustainability. The book examines Asian urbanization, and interweaves practical cases with theories and empirical rigour while lending insight and complexity into the towering challenges of urban governance.
Foreword by Tommy Koh Introduction Part 1: Transitions in Governance
1.
Improving City Government Performance in the Era of Decentralization: The
Experiences of Indonesia and the Philippines
2. The Smart City as Layered
Policy Design: Singapores Smart Nation Initiative
3. The Politics of
Advancing Governance Reform and Curbing Corruption in the Metropolitan City:
The Case of Jakarta, 2012-2017
4. Ideology of Pragmatism: Singapores
Domestic Policy
5. Planning a New Capital in Central Asia: The Case of
Nur-Sultan (Astana), Kazakhstan
6. New Asian Statism: Towards an
Understanding of Asias 21st Century Urban Transformation Part 2: Delivering
Public Value
7. Realization of Universal Health Coverage through Social
Health Insurance Expansion: An Appraisal of Policy Capacity in China and
Indonesia
8. Building the City from Abroad: Viet Kieu and the Rights to
Saigon
9. Negotiating Block Size in Shanghai: Historical Superblock or New
Urbanist Small Block?
10. Urban and Regional Differences in Healthcare
Service Delivery in South Korea
11. Governance of Government Middle Schools
in Urban China and India: Comparative Analysis of Supportive Accountability
and Teacher Perceptions Part 3: Towards Sustainable Futures
12. Muddling
through the Garbage: Household Recycling in Newly Developed Asian Cities
13.
Environmental Governance in China: Three Cases of Central-Local Interactions
14. Failed Healthcare in India: Looking Behind the Urban-focused Narrative
15. The Technocratic Delusion: Indias Smart Cities Mission
Kris Hartley is Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian and Policy Studies at The Education University of Hong Kong. His research interests include public policy and administration in Asia with a focus on environment and technology.
Glen David Kuecker is Professor of Latin American history and Director of City Lab at DePauw University. His recent work explores the role of cities in the perfect storm of 21st century systemic crises.
Michael R. Waschak is Assistant Professor in Public Policy at Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan. He received his doctorate in public policy in 2009 from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Prior to Joining Nazarbayev University Dr. Waschak worked for eight years at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, New York (USA) and for the RIT Kosovo campus in Pristina, Kosovo.
Jun Jie Woo is Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian and Policy Studies at The Education University of Hong Kong. His research interests include policy design, education governance, technology and urban governance, and the political economy of development in Asia.
Charles Chao Rong Phua researched comparative problem-solving approaches of US, China, and Singapore for his PhD at the National University of Singapore and was Fulbright Fellow at Brookings Institution. Formerly the deputy director of a state think-tank on cities and head research trainer (defence), he now heads Solaris Strategies Singapore and chairs the Association for Public Affairs (Singapore) and is adjunct faculty for the Smart City programme at Singapore Management University.
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