Adèle Esposito

Urban Development in the Margins of a World Heritage Site (eBook, PDF)

In the Shadows of Angkor

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This volume addresses the relationship between the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Angkor (Cambodia), and the nearby town of Siem Reap. While previous work on heritage sites has mainly focused on protected areas, this book shifts the attention to the margins, where detrimental, tourism-driven urban development may take place. By delimiting a protected site, a non-heritage space is created in which spatial fragmentation, disruptive development processes, and unjust power plays can occur. In post-war Cambodia, liberalization and collective aspirations for progress have provided a strong incentive for modernization. Controversial interests compete in the arena of urban development, and real estate development prevails over planned growth. At the same time, Siem Reap's marginal position allows for some freedom in architectural and urban design. In the shadow of institutional control, this architectural space expresses alternative visions of the Khmer heritage and connects them with images of urban modernity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040776513
• Artikelnr.: 75562533

Autorenporträt

Dr. Adèle Esposito was trained as an architect and urban planner. She is a researcher at the Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia (CNRS-IRASEC), Bangkok, Thailand. Her research deals with the uses of cultural heritage in the contemporary development of Southeast Asian cities.

Inhaltsangabe

Glossary of Khmer terms, Acknowledgements, Author's Preface, Introduction
Ordinary diversity? A secondary tourist city in Southeast Asia Building the
city after conflict Understanding the politics of heritage from the margins
Designing a research trajectory The content and structure of the book
Chapter 1 'Before you build a wall, think of what you are leaving outside
it': The construction of core and marginal spaces in the Angkor region 1.1
The triad of heritage conservation 1.2 Angkor, an international icon 1.3
Shaping the legal and institutional heritage system for Angkor 1.4 Zoning a
region shaped by Angkor's legacy 1.5 Expanding the heritage system: From
the monument to the landscape 1.6 Contracting the heritage system: From the
landscape to the archaeological park 1.7 Fragile and malleable Siem Reap
Chapter 2 The arena of urban planning and the idea of the city 2.1 Everyone
wants a slice of the pie 2.2 Planners as cultural brokers 2.3 Spatial
layouts and ideas of the city 2.4 The buttresses of planning 2.5 Projects
2.6 The power of action and the power of ideas Chapter 3 The city as the
playground of developers 3.1 Our potential field is tourism 3.2
Reconnecting the disenfranchised links of the economic chain 3.3 An
irrational property market 3.4 Negotiating the land laws 3.5 Invisible
investment 3.6 A dismal attempt at beautification 3.7 Material effects:
Processes and impacts of urban development 3.8 Urban transformation by the
local people 3.9 The trajectory of Siem Reap's urban transition Chapter 4
The architectural space: How contemporary design shapes urban identities
and ideas of modernity 4.1 Angkor: From discovery to commodity 4.2
Emotional authenticity 4.3 Taming exoticism 4.4 Representing and planning
the tourist space 4.5 All hotels want to be 'Grand' 4.6 The quest for the
local 4.7 Spectacular heritage: The museums of Siem Reap 4.8 Thematizing
urban heritage for consumption 4.9 Models and imitative trends: Towards a
contemporary Cambodian architecture? Conclusion Heritage space and
non-heritage space: A heuristic model The trajectories of the 'coloniality
of power' The town, forgotten and yet central, Notes, Bibliography.