Future of Cities in Asia: Future Direction of Urban Planning, Technology and Environmental Sustainability

One of a series of titles on the Futures of Asia, “Future of Cities in Asia” explores diverse facets of Asia's future city landscape during the transformative 2020s, offering insights into pivotal transformations and potential trajectories. The covered topics include the future direction of cities, urban planning, urban design, and climate change. Examining the topics from corporate foresight and past-future to technological trends and environmental shifts, this book showcases a collaborative effort from multidisciplinary researchers navigating the complexities of forecasting and envisioning the futures of Asian cities. This book offers valuable insights into the dynamic discourses on future studies while offering a nuanced understanding of the future city planning possibilities that lie ahead for Asia, as well as deciphering Asia's evolving impact and roles within the broader global context. An insightful read for scholars with an interest in Asian cities and future studies.

Rosilawati Zainol is a professor in urban analytics at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Malaya. She currently holds the position of Deputy Dean for Undergraduate Studies for the faculty. She specialises in urban analytics, spatial analysis, sustainable tourism planning, and walkability.Her research interests focus on the use of information technology in urban and regional planning, particularly GIS and spatial statistics. She has published numerous articles, book chapters, and books on sustainable urban and tourism development. Some of her recent academic works include studies on sustainable tourism governance, brownfield sustainability, child-friendly city assessment tools, and sustainable transportation systems.

Norzailawati Mohd Noor is a professor and Deputy Dean at the Kulliyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia. Her expertise lies in urban planning technologies, particularly Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing. With a Ph.D. and M.Sc. from UTM, her research focuses on integrating advanced geospatial tools into urban planning to address challenges like urban sprawl, land use change, and disaster resilience. As Vice President of IGRSM and a registered Town Planner, she promotes the use of spatial technologies in policy-making and planning practices. Her work bridges academic research, technological innovation, and practical implementation in sustainable urban development.  

Weng Marc Lim is a Distinguished Professor and the Dean of Sunway Business School at Sunway University, an ASU-Cintana Alliance Global Partner Affiliate Faculty at Arizona State University in the United States of America, and an Adjunct Professor at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia and Sungkyunkwan University in the Republic of Korea. Professor Lim is the Record Holder for “Youngest Professor” in the Malaysia Book of Records and features in the Academy of Sciences Malaysia’s Top Research Scientists Malaysia and JCI’s Ten Outstanding Young Malaysians. With over 100 publications in prestigious “A*” and “A” ranked journals, Professor Lim’s research has been cited more than 30,000 times. As a thought leader, Professor Lim has led high-level discussions at AppliedHE, Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), Association of MBAs (AMBA), Business Graduates Association (BGA), Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), Times Higher Education (THE), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Principles of Responsible Management Education (UNPRME), and World Economic Forum (WEF). Professor Lim holds a Bachelor of Business and Commerce with First Class Honours and a Doctor of Philosophy from Monash University, and multiple certificates post-PhD, including a Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching (Higher Education) with High Distinction from Swinburne University of Technology and a Certificate in School Management and Leadership from Harvard University.
 
Huey Fen Cheong is a Senior Lecturer at Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. Her interests have been multidisciplinary, mainly linguistics, sociology, education, marketing, and psychology. Driven by a cultural and postcolonial perspective, she collaborated with a group of established scholars to initiate this Futures of Asia series (which contains this book) and the earlier COVID-19 in Malaysia series. These initiatives aim to promote Global South research and publications, especially on significant events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, post-pandemic normality and transformations, and the rise of AI, which equally matter to non-Western regions and deserve equal scholarly attention (and acceptance) beyond Western-centric frameworks in academia.