Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cities by and for the people

How to prove you are not a squatter : appropriating space and marking presence in Jakarta

Inhabitants of spontaneous settlements in Bangkok : networks and actions changing the contemporary metropolis

Collaborative urban farming networks in Bangkok : promoting collective gardens and alternative markets as theatres of social action

The struggle to create alternative urban spaces : an attempt by a theatre group in Hong Kong

Making the music scene, making Singapore : jumping spatio-sonic scales in a Southeast Asian city-state

Connecting with society and people through ‘art projects’ in : an era of personalization

Activating alternatives in public market trade : the resilience of urban fresh food provisioning in Baguio, the Philippines

From street hawkers to public markets : modernity and sanitization made in Hong Kong

Street vending from the right to the city approach : the appropriation of Bhadra Plaza

Surviving existence through a built form : the advent of the Daseng Sario

Ethnic place-making in cosmopolis : the case of Yeonbeon Village in Seoul