Streetwise Asia, a practical guide for the conservation and revitalisation of heritage cities and towns in Asia.

This is a practical and accessible guide for residents and professionals concerned to preserve and revitalise heritage cities in Asia. Heritage cities (many listed by UNESCO) are of course of major interest to one of the world's largest industries, tourism. Using inset colour photographs to complement the text, the realities of destructive and constructive development, repairs, restoration and usage are made clear. Legal, financial, administrative, historical and educational aspects of conservation policies, incentives and implementations are discussed. With outlines for strategy, goals and bibliography.

Bangkok : formes du commerce et évolution urbaine

Davisi Boontharm, architecte, étudie dans cette thèse la ville de Bangkok comme un espace urbain en mouvement, à travers les lieux et les formes du commerce. Elle porte une attention particulière à la place qu'il occupe dans le dynamisme urbain. Elle cherche à comprendre comment les modèles de la ville coexistent et se coproduisent pour former des tissus et des systèmes originaux

The plan to increase Fiji's rice production - is it worthwhile?

In a recent initiative, the Fiji government has established a revitalisation program for the rice industry, with assistance expected from the Republic of China, India and Indonesia. Using the computable general equilibrium model of the Fijian economy, the economy-wide impact of a 40 per cent increase in rice production is simulated. This analysis finds that even such a large increase in production would have an insignificant impact on Fiji's economic growth.