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Convenors
Dr. Misha Petrovic
Sociology Department &
NUS Global Asia Institute
Prof. Henry Wai Chung Yeung
Geography Department, NUS |
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Asian Urbanism in the Age of Global Modernity |
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 19 - 20 September 2011
 NUS, Singapore
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The workshop brings together eminent scholars with an active interest in Asian urbanism in order to explore major transformations of Asian cities from a global perspective. We aim to juxtapose a general understanding of large-scale global changes in the last twenty or thirty years, captured by the idea of global modernity, with specific challenges faced by East Asian metropolises--specifically Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore.
The idea of global modernity refers to some of the central aspects of our contemporary world, that is organized in an increasingly post-national, post-western, and polycentric way and where there is rapid diffusion of innovations, institutionalizations, and their effects. These aspects of globalization have major, if often poorly understood, implications for global cities and urban planning. A proliferation of non-state organizations restructures urban governance and its relations to the nation-state on the one hand, and the network of global cities, on the other. The shift away from the West elevates major non-Western, primarily Asian, metropolises into new role models and centers of urban innovation and modernity. And the increase in global contemporaneity intensifies mutual observation of urban planning and policies among global cities, thus accelerating the spread of innovations.
How are regional urban scholars and urban planners meeting the challenges posed by such rapid social transformation on an unprecedented scale? How does this affect the context of their work, their relation to other scholars, urban experts, and policy-makers? What are the ways in which they observe and understand various Asian metropolises within this rapidly evolving global urbanism? We hope that the workshop will contribute to the understanding of these large issues and prepare the ground for more intense networking and coordination of research on Asian cities and their role in global modernity. |
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PROGRAM for DAY 1
19 SEPTEMBER 2011 (MONDAY)
| 10.00 AM |
REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS |
| 10.15 AM |
WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
HENRY WAI CHUNG YEUNG
Geography, National University of Singapore
MISHA PETROVIC
Global Asia Institute & Dept of Sociology, National University of Singapore |
| 10.30 AM |
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Asian Urbanisms in the Age of Global Modernity
MISHA PETROVIC
Global Asia Institute & Dept of Sociology, National University of Singapore |
| 11.15 AM |
SESSION 1: BEIJING
Spatial Transformation and Local Government: The Making of Shichahai
XIAO LIN
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Beijing
Urban planning for low carbon Beijing
QIN BO
Department of Urban Planning and Management, Renmin University of China, Beijing
Chair: HO KONG CHONG, Vice Dean, FASS and Sociology |
| 12.45 PM |
LUNCH |
| 2.00 PM |
SESSION 2: SHANGHAI
The Polycentric Urban Development and Decentralization
YUAN REN
Demography and Urban Studies, School of Social Development and Public Policy, Fudan University
New Economy Space and the Re-shaping of Urban Modernity in Shanghai
ZHONG SHENG
East Asia Institute, NUS
Chair: POW CHOON PIEW, Geography, NUS |
| 3.30 PM |
TEA BREAK |
| 4.00 PM |
SESSION 3: HONG KONG
The Production of Space in Hong Kong
WING SHING TANG
Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University
Inner city ‘Life Space’ of Hong Kong in the era of ‘Global Modernity’
ROGER CHAN
Department of Urban Planning and Design, Faculty of Architecture, the University of Hong Kong
Chair: HENRY YEUNG, Geography NUS |
| 5.30 PM |
END OF DAY 1 |
| 5.45 PM |
TRANSFER TO HORTICULTURE PARK FOR A WALK AND DINNER |
| 6.30 PM |
WORKSHOP DINNER
For Speakers, Chairpersons & Invited Guests |
| 8.30 PM |
BUS TRANSFER BACK TO HOTEL
For Overseas Speakers |
PROGRAM for DAY 2
20 SEPTEMBER 2011 (TUESDAY)
| 9.00 AM |
REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS |
| 9.15 AM |
SESSION 4: SINGAPORE
Challenges of Planning for Long Term Development
MIEKO OTSUKI
Urban Development Authority, Singapore
Beyond Infrastructure: Modernity in Singapore’s Water Discourse
RITA PADAWANGI
Institute of Water Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS
Introduction to the Center for Liveable Cities
LIMIN HEE
Center for Liveable Cities
Chair: MISHA PETROVIC, Sociology and GAI, NUS |
| 10.45 AM |
SESSION 5: FUTURE CITIES LABORATORY
Introduction to FCL
STEPHEN CAIRNS
Sustainable urban transport from a modeling perspective
ALEXANDAR ERATH
Cultural Capital, Spatial Productions, Pragmatist Landscapes: The Shanghai Case
YING ZHOU
Chair: HENRY WAI CHUNG YEUNG, Geography, NUS |
| 12.15 AM |
LUNCH |
| 12.30 PM |
GAI LUNCH TALK
Missing the Markets: A Critique of Political Economy
GARY G. HAMILTON
Discussant: Henry Yeung |
| 2.00 PM |
SESSION 6: ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION CONCLUDING REMARKS:
MISHA PETROVIC
HENRY WAI CHUNG YEUNG
SEETHARAM KALIDAIKURICHI E |
| 4.00 PM |
GAI NETWORKING SESSION |
| 5.00 PM |
END OF DAY 2 |
| 5.15 PM |
BUS TRANSFER BACK TO HOTEL
For Overseas Speakers |
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