| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 191 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Front Matter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction: Governing Urban Transformations in Penang -- Towards a Landscape Political Ecology -- Megapolitan Explosions: Reworking Urban and Regional Metabolisms -- Competing Visions of Landscape Transformation in a Worlding City -- The Forests in the City: Building Participatory Approaches to Urban-Environmental Governance -- Integrating Cultural and Natural Heritage on Penang Hill -- Artificial Islands and the Production of New Urban Spaces -- Conclusion: An Island on an Urbanizing Frontier -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
Connolly draws on the recent changes in the Malaysian state of Penang to open up new perspectives on urban development, governance and the politics of place. Reviewing the role of residents, activists, planners and other experts in socio-natural changes and urban regeneration, it builds an important new framework of landscape political ecology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-184) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 11, 2022) |
| Subject |
Political ecology -- Malaysia -- Pulau Pinang (State)
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Landscapes -- Political aspects -- Malaysia -- Pulau Pinang (State)
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Sociology, Urban -- Malaysia -- Pulau Pinang (State)
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
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Landscapes -- Political aspects
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Political ecology
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Sociology, Urban
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Malaysia -- Pulau Pinang (State)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781529214161 |
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1529214165 |
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9781529214154 |
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1529214157 |
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