Infrastructure and the remaking of Asia / ed. by Till Mostowlansky, Max Hirsh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bennett, Mia M., Contributor.

Günel, Gökçe, Contributor.

Hirsh, Max, Contributor.

Hirsh, Max, Editor.

Lockrem, Jessica, Contributor.

Marschall, Tobias, Contributor.

Mohsin, Anto, Contributor.

Mostowlansky, Till, Contributor.

Mostowlansky, Till, Editor.

Oakes, Tim, Contributor.

Simpson, Edward, Contributor.

Stevens, Hallam, Contributor.

Tang, Dorothy, Contributor.

Toland, Andrew, Contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Infrastructure (Economics)--Political aspects--Asia.

Infrastructure (Economics).

Infrastructure (Economics)--Social aspects--Asia.

Infrastructure (Economics)--Technological innovations--Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages) : 32 b&w illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In the twenty-first century, infrastructure has undergone a seismic shift from West to East. Once concentrated in Europe and North America, global infrastructure production today is focused squarely on Asia. Infrastructure and the Remaking of Asia investigates the deeper implications of that pivot to the East. Written by leading international infrastructure experts, it demonstrates how new roads, airports, pipelines, and cables are changing Asian economies, societies, and geopolitics—from the Bosporus to Beijing, and from Indonesia to the Arctic. Ten tightly interwoven case studies powerfully illustrate infrastructure’s leading role in three global paradigm shifts: climate change, digitalization, and China’s emergence as a superpower.Combining social science methods with mapping techniques from the design professions, Infrastructure and the Remaking of Asia establishes a dialogue between academic research on infrastructure and the professional insights of those responsible for infrastructure’s planning, production, and operation. By applying that mixed method to transport, energy, telecommunication, and resource extraction projects across Asia, the book synthesizes research on infrastructure from six academic fields, while making those insights accessible to a wider audience of students, professionals, and the general public.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

I: Materiality

1. Rise of the Sinocene? China as a Geological Agent

2 Geosocial Formations and the Petroleumscaping of Singapore: Underground Landscapes as Infrastructural Territories

3 A Floating Power Plant: Provisional Energy Infrastructure and Afro-Asian Connections

II: Territory

4 Peripheral Infrastructure: The Electrification of Indonesia’s Borderlands

5. Local Reservoirs and Chinese Aqueducts: The Politics of Water Security in Hong Kong

6 Teleview and the Aspirations of the Infrastructural State in Singapore

III: Networks

7 From Creation City to Infrastructural Urbanism: The Chinese National New Area as an Infrastructure Space

8 Road’s End: Lines and Spaces across a Divided High Asia

9 Motorbike Taxi Drivers, Ride-Share Apps, and the Modern Streetscape in Vietnam

10 Technical Experts and the Production of China’s Airport Infrastructure

Afterword: Infrastructural Futures

Contributors

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mai 2023)

ISBN:

0-8248-9437-5

OCLC:

1356977403