‘‘TRANSFORMATION. Well-meaning attempts at urban regeneration by post-industrial cities in the UK and the west are being challenged by alternative approaches in East Asia that are transforming manufacturing basis into world-leading knowledge-based economies. By Alex Warnock-Smith.’’

The Urban Economy article written by Alex Warnock-Smith discusses the tenuous and vital relationship between urbanisation and economic transformation, and considers new approaches to spatial strategy and economic planning in the far-east.

Article published in the Future Cities independent publication by Raconteur Media, in the Times newspaper, Monday 25 July 2011.