Seeminglymessyandchaotic,thelandscapesandurbanlifeofcitiesinAsiapossessanorderandhierarchythatoftenchallengesunderstandingandappreciation.Withcontributionsbyacross-disciplinarygroupofauthors,MessyUrbanism:Understandingthe“Other”CitiesofAsiaexaminesarangeofcasesinAsiatoexplorethesocialandinstitutionalpoliticsofurbanformalityandthecontextsinwhichthis“messiness”emergesorisconstructed.Thebookbringsadistinctperspectivetothebroaderpatternsofinformalurbanordersandprocessesaswellastheirinterplaywithformalizedsystemsandmechanisms.Italsoraisesquestionsabouttheproductionofcities,cityscapes,andcitizenship.
MessyUrbanismwillappealtoprofessionals,students,andscholarsinthefieldsofurbanstudies,architecture,landscapearchitecture,planningandpolicy,aswellasAsianstudies.
