List of tables and figures ..vii List of contributors ..,..,,,..,..ix Preface ..,..,,.,.,.,,,,.,,.. xii List of acronyms ..xiv Part I: Culture in susttunability of cities I ..1 1 Introduction 3 M. Nadamjah and Ann Tomoko Yamamoto 2 Cultural frameworks .. 13 Ratna S. J. B. Rana and Awais L. Piracha 3. Voices I . 51 Part II : Four Asian Case Studies.. 59 4 Introduction . 61 Sudarshan Raj Tiwari, M. Nadarajah, Sang-Chuel Choe, Masayuki Sasaki, and Shigekazu Kusune 5.Transforming cultural heritage into sustainable future: A case study of Patan, Nepal..62 Sudarshan Raj Tiwari 6 Culture of sustainability: Multicultural reality and sustainable localism - A case study of Penang (George Town), Malaysia .,107 M. Nadarajah 7. Creating cultural identity for sustainabuity; A case study of Cheongju, Korea 133. Sang-Chuel Choe 8 Towards an urban cultural mode of production: A case study of Kanazawa, Japan,I .156 Masayuki Sasaki 9 Sustainability in a traditional castle city: A case study of Kanazawa, Japan, 11 175 Shigekazu Kusune 10 Common themes and differences: Approaches to culture in sustainability of cities . 186 M. Nadarajah Part HI: Culture in sustainability of cities H 191 11 Approaches to cultural indicators 193 Sang-Chuel Choe, Peter J. MarceftiHip, and Awais L. Piracha 12 Voices 11 214 13 Conclusion.. 223 M. Nadarajah Appendix I; List of selected organizations working on sustainable urbanization issues (with a web presence)..230 Index 237