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A comprehensive analysis of the political, economic and social dynamics that have made New York a megacity today.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle Upon Tyne :
Agenda Publishing,
2023.
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| Colección: | Megacities.
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| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Information
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface and acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: New York as a megacity
- Change and its cycles
- Territorial dimensions of demography and diversity
- Social polarization and its nasty spillover
- The strange case of New York's regional cohesion
- Density as a defining feature
- Conclusions
- 2 Crises, breakdowns and New York's endurance
- Understanding crises and breakdowns
- The Draft Riots of 1863
- Fiscal breakdown of 1975
- Twenty-first-century crises
- 9/11 and the World Trade Center
- The attack
- Response and recovery
- Enduring effects of 9/11
- Superstorm Sandy
- Landfall and its aftermath
- Response and recovery
- Enduring effects of Sandy
- The Covid-19 pandemic
- The contagion strikes
- Response and recovery
- Enduring effects of Covid-19
- Conclusion: crises and megacity resilience
- 3 Building a global megacity: corporate-centred urban development and leadership
- Global megacity long-term economic trends
- Early regional development: manufacturing and industry
- Transitioning from manufacturing to advanced producer services
- The corporate economy and public policy
- Case 1: Adaptation in the aftermath of the fiscal crisis: macro-level growth and development in the global megacity
- Growing pains
- Tensions
- Adaptations
- Case 2: The Amazon HQ2 deal: drilling down to the micro-level
- Growth: be careful what you wish for
- Tensions
- Adaptation: policies, planning and governance
- Conclusions
- 4 Expanded governance in the megacity
- Structures of government and processes of governance within the megacity
- The shifting balance of power: institution adaptations and charter reform in municipalities
- The urban core (New York City five boroughs): charter reform in the early years
- Urban core: contemporary charter reform
- growth and adaptation
- New Jersey's local government system
- Pulling the threads of government together: governmental forms
- Regional governance in the megacity
- Congestion pricing and commuter taxes: expanded governance
- Conclusions
- 5 Neighbourhoods, diversification and gentrification in the megacity
- Land-use, housing and neighbourhoods
- Early history
- Contemporary neighbourhood development
- Neighbourhoods and the contemporary uses of control, regulation and subsidy
- Rent control, zoning and diversity: Montclair New Jersey
- Mandatory affordable housing as a tool to create affordable housing in East New York
- Conclusions: policy, planning and geography
- understanding diversity and segregation in the megacity
- 6 Globalization in the megacity
- What globalization is not
- Understanding globalization
- Identifying global cities and locating New York
- New York's catalysts of globalization