Urban real estate and the commodification of tradition
By: David O'Brien [and others] ; Nezar AlSayyad, series editor
Contributors: Aga, Eleni K.; Istanto, Freddy H.; Gillem, Mark; International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments; University of California, Berkeley. Center for Environmental Design Research
Series: Traditional dwellings and settlements working paper series -- v. 180; Traditional dwellings and settlements working paper series -- v. 180.
Publisher: Center for Environmental Design Research, University of California at Berkeley
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
Subjects: Domestic Architecture; Ethnic architecture; Mediterranean influences; Cross-cultural studies
Notes: Papers presented at the  IASTE conference in  Bangkok, Thailand in December 2006.

Cover title.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Reality / Television: hype, tradition and everyday life in rural Thailand / David O'Brien; title: Comparative assessment of traditional architecture and invented tradition: the Greek Island of Folegandros and its promotion via the internet / Eleni K. Aga; title: Mediterranean architecture in Indonesia: style migration versus the adaptability of the ethnic Chinese / Freddy H. Istanto; title: The new main street: hyperconsumption and the lifestyle center / Mark Gillem.