Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vi
4. List of Abbreviations vii
5. Acknowledgements ix
6. Preface xi
7. Introduction: Governing Urban Transformations in Penang 1
8. Towards a Landscape Political Ecology 20
9. Megapolitan Explosions: Reworking Urban and Regional Metabolisms 38
10. Competing Visions of Landscape Transformation in a Worlding City 57
11. The Forests in the City: Building Participatory Approaches to Urban-Environmental Governance 77
12. Integrating Cultural and Natural Heritage on Penang Hill 96
13. Artificial Islands and the Production of New Urban Spaces 114
14. Conclusion: An Island on an Urbanizing Frontier 135
15. Notes 145
16. References 148
17. Index 185