Peter W. Daniels is Professor of Geography, University of Birmingham, UK.

K. C. Ho is Vice Dean (Research) and Associate Professor of Sociology at Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore.

Thomas A. Hutton is Professor in the Centre for Human Settlements at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

New Economic Spaces in Asian Cities offers a vivid contribution to our understanding of the ongoing transformation of Asia's urban system, including the critical intersections of global and local-regional dynamics in processes of new industry formation and the relayering of space in the Asian metropolis. The synthesis of empirical profiles, normative insights, and theoretical reference points enhances the book's interest for scholars and students in such fields of Asian studies, urban and cultural studies, and urban and economic geography, as well as for and policy specialists and urban/community planners.

1. Introduction: Purpose, Themes and a Pathway Through the Book Section 1: Theory: Situating the New Culturual Economy in the Asian City 2. Changing Landscapes of Services and Restructuring in Asian Cities 3. The Cultural Turn and Urban Development in Asia 4. The Cultural Economy and the Relayering of Space in the City Section 2: The New Cultural Economy and the Reconstruction Space in Asian Cities 5. Film Festivals in Asian Cities 6. The Diversity of Innovation Patterns in New Industries: The Case of "Cool Japan" 7. Reinvention or Path Dependency? Transition of a Periphery Office District in the New Economy of the Teheran Valley, Seoul 8. Turning the Hong-Dae Area into a Cool 'Cultural District' in Seoul 9. From 'Paris of the East' to the 'New York of Asia'? The Development of Shanghai as a Banking Centre 10. Suzhou Creek and the Cultural Quarter Program in Shanghai 11. Selling Place Through Art: The Creation and Establishment of Beijing's District 798 12. Shenzhen's Evolution from Tabula Rasa Laboratory of New Chinese Urbanism to Post-Industrial UNESCO Creative City of Design 13. Craft, Creativity and New Economic Spaces in Kyoto 14. The Cultural Economy in the Developmental State: A Comparison of Little India and Chinatown in Singapore 15. Making/Marketing Heritage: Chinatowns in Asia 16. Conclusions: Implications for Theory, Policy and Planning Practice