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The Politics of Civic Space in Asia

This book explores how and why civic spaces are used by different communities in Asia and what role urban governance and public participation play in the support or demise of communities. Using case studies of contemporary city life throughout, the contributors provide insights into the importance and value of civic space, arguing that civic spaces not only provide the physical sites for civil society to function autonomously, but also a sense of place in the form of identity, meaning, memory, history, and linkages with the wider world.

Each chapter focuses on the production of and access to civic spaces in a particular Asian city and examples of successes and failures that can inform urban policy regarding inclusive, tolerant and socially vibrant city life through focused attention on the provision and continuity of civic space.

This book is designed to provide information to policymakers, researchers, and students of the developing world regarding the importance and value of civic space in terms of creating and supporting urban communities. As such, The Politics of Civic Space in Asia will be an invaluable resource for those interested in urban planning, urban design, public policy, political science and Asian studies more generally.

Amrita Daniere is Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography at the University of Toronto Mississauga and Graduate Chair of the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Toronto.

Mike Douglass is Professor of Urban Planning and Director of the Globalization Research Center at the University of Hawaii.

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The Politics of Civic Space in Asia

Building urban communities

Edited by Amrita Daniere and Mike Douglass

First published 2009
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2009 Editorial Selection and matter, Amrita Daniere and Mike Douglass. Individual chapters, the contributors.

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The politics of civic space in Asia : building urban communities / edited by Amrita Daniere and Mike Douglass.
p. cm.(Routledge contemporary Asia series ; 7)
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Cities and townsAsiaCase studies. 2. Civic centersAsiaCase studies. 3. City planningAsiaCase studies. 4. Public spacesAsia Case studies. 5. Political participationAsiaCase studies. 6. Sociology, UrbanAsiaCase studies. I. Daniere, Amrita. II. Douglass, Mike.
HT147.A2P65 2008
307.76095dc22 2008012549

ISBN 0-203-89277-1 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN10: 0-415-46460-9 (hbk)
ISBN10: 0-203-89277-1 (ebk)

ISBN13: 978-0-415-46460-4 (hbk)
ISBN13: 978-0-203-89277-0 (ebk)

Illustrations

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The Yanaka and Ueno-Sakuragi Machizukuri Constitution

Figures

A clan-association school in Singapore

A state-funded community center in Singapore

Mosques built under MUISs mosque building fund (MBF) compared with other types of mosques

The Al-Iman mosque

The Assyafaah mosque

Houses fronting on Narrow Lane in Yanaka

Event inside the Sake warehouse

Sunday mass at St. Christophers Church

Xuan-Cheng Park, a popular place for migrant workers to greet friends on Sunday

Sidewalk vendors in Little Philippines

People flock to the store next to St. Christophers Church (left) to watch programs from the home country on overhead TV screens

Photos posted at a small freight company of successful deliveries in the Philippines

Migrant workers, mostly female, gather at iRemit Global Remittance to send money to the Philippines

Crowded interior space in the Won-Won Building on Sunday

Designated open space available for play, meeting and performances in Klong Toey

Typical civic space in Bangkok informal settlements (Klong Toey)

Civic space located within a squatter area off Soi Thepleela in Bangkok

Traditional Malay house

Sri Bina squatter house

The outer hall of the surau

A view of the immigrant worker hostel

The caddie wing of the immigrant worker hostel

Verandahs are converted into civic spaces

Badminton courts in the immigrant worker hostel

Linkages between civic spaces and governance

The city of Jogjakarta, Indonesia

Jalan rukunan vibrant collective/civic spacesin Jlagran

Public bath and toilets (MCKs), and other public places

Encroachment on jalan rukunan

Encroachment on vacant/public spaces and housing expansion/ improvement

Map indicating location of selected neighborhoods in Kathmandu and Lalitpur municipalities

Monastery courtyard used for TSS meetings

Office building constructed by Ikanche TSS; water tank on roof

Royal square in Lalitpur as an example of dense civic space

New neighborhoods at the periphery with residences walled off from one another

Public water tap and resting house in Ikanche restored by the TSS

Gate demarcating entrance to Ikanche from North

Mental map drawn by an out-of-province university student

Mental map drawn by a university student (Hanoian)

Mental map drawn by a high school student (Hanoian)

Photos taken by a university student (Hanoian)

Synergies between civic space, civil society and urban governance

Tables

Characteristics of two case studies

Increasing land and housing prices in Gemblakan

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