Infrastructure and the remaking of Asia /

"Infrastructure and the Remaking of Asia offers a new understanding of how technological innovation, geopolitical ambitions, and social change converge and cross-fertilize one another through infrastructure projects in Asia. This volume powerfully illustrates the multifaceted connections betwee...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors:	Hirsh, Max (Editor), Mostowlansky, Till (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2022.
Subjects:	Infrastructure (Economics) > Technological innovations > Asia. Infrastructure (Economics) > Social aspects > Asia. Infrastructure (Economics) > Political aspects > Asia. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban. Infrastructure (Economics) > Social aspects Asia Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Rise of the Sinocene?: China as a Geological Agent / Mia M. Bennett
Geosocial Formations and the Petroleumscaping of Singapore: Underground Landscapes as Infrastructural Territories / Andrew Toland
A Floating Power Plant: Provisional Energy Infrastructure and Afro-Asian Connections / Gökçe Günel
Peripheral Infrastructure: The Electrification of Indonesia's Borderlands / Anto Mohsin
Local Reservoirs and Chinese Aqueducts: The Politics of Water Security in Hong Kong / Dorothy Tang
Teleview and the Aspirations of the Infrastructural State in Singapore / Hallam Stevens
From Creation City to Infrastructural Urbanism: The Chinese National New Area as an Infrastructure Space / Tim Oakes
Road's End: Lines and Spaces across a Divided High Asia / Till Mostowlansky and Tobias Marschall
Motorbike Taxi Drivers, Ride-Share Apps, and the Modern Streetscape in Vietnam / Jessica Lockrem
Technical Experts and the Production of China's Airport Infrastructure / Max Hirsh.