Globalization and new intra-urban dynamics in Asian cities

International audience; This book is the fruit of a Franco-Taiwanese collaboration fundedby Academia Sinica, le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique(CNRS)1, the National Science Council (NSC, or Ministry of Scienceand Technology), and National Taiwan University (NTU). It cameabout on the initiative of a team of geographers, sociologists, urbanplanners, anthropologists, and economists from Academia Sinica,National Chengchi University, and National Taiwan University, togetherwith members of laboratories jointly run by universities and two bigFrench research centers, CNRS and l’Institut de Recherche pour leDéveloppement (IRD)2.The aim of the collaboration was to cross-reference Taiwanese andFrench ideas on the intra-urban dynamics that have been set in motionby globalization in Asian cities. It involved comparing research subject priorities in this field as well as the approaches chosen to deal with them within a geographical zone expanding from Northeast to SouthernAsia. Four main themes form the four sectionsof this book:1. culture-led regeneration projects,2. dynamics of second-tier cities,3. urban redevelopment and land issues, and4. new urban spaces of regulation, associational life, and civicaction.