Global metropolitan : globalizing cities in a capitalist world /

The force of globalization is making cities change all around the world. Short's study explores how the discourse of globalization has become a major narrative in the restructuring of cities in many parts of the world.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Short, John R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
Colección:Questioning cities series.
Temas:
Metropolitan areas.
Urbanization.
Globalization.
Cosmopolitanism.
City dwellers > Social conditions.
City dwellers > Economic conditions.
City and town life.
Urbanization
Urbanisation.
Mondialisation.
Cosmopolitisme.
Citadins > Conditions sociales.
Citadins > Conditions économiques.
Vie urbaine.
urbanization.
globalism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
City and town life
City dwellers > Economic conditions
City dwellers > Social conditions
Cosmopolitanism
Globalization
Metropolitan areas
Stadtentwicklung
Globalisierung
Soziale Situation
Wirtschaftliche Lage
Internationalisatie.
Stedelijke ontwikkeling.
Metropolen.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Globalization and the city
  • From world city to globalizing cities
  • Globalizing cities
  • Black holes and loose connections
  • Tensions in the global city
  • The modalities of the global city
  • Going for gold: globalizing the Olympics, localizing the games
  • The super-rich and the global city
  • The global, the city, and the body.

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