In the article “Explosive growth in Asian cities: Bright ideas to 'seize the urban moment’” by Khanna(2015) mention that Asian cities have become the icon of the world's urban development trend within this decade. Asian cities are having population influx which forces cities to expand and "reactive policies" to population growth and global warming are insufficient. South-east Asia cities tackle this problem with their “flexible governments, resourceful citizens and local infrastructure innovation." It is also a challenge for huge cities to provide essential services. The author highlight that government should not only invest in infrastructure but also use it to produce innovative "business models" that help economy growth. South-east Asia cities are becoming the icon of urban development in this century.
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EDITED on 27/9/2015
EDITED on 27/9/2015
HI Jason,
ReplyDeleteYou have summarized the article very well, as you have caught the key points of the solutions that was "flexible governments, resourceful citizens and local infrastructure innovation". Personally, i felt that the author had 2 repetitive solutions provided, which you did a good job in catching the essence of the article.
Do take note of some quotations such as 'business models'.
Hello Jason,
ReplyDeleteI can see the improvement before and after you edited your post. Your summary is clear and concise. I agree to Bing Feng on the information you manage to grasp, the main points and solutions the writer mentioned. Just one more note, from your latest post (References), you cite the writer as KHANNA (2015) however in the article, you mention the writer by his first name Parag. It will be more consistent if you change it to either Parag or KHANNA. :)