Global Metropolitan : Globalizing Cities in a Capitalist World.

Exploring the connections between globalization and urbanization, this notable book places particular emphasis on understanding the economic function of global cities, the political process of globalizing cities, and the cultural significance of cosmopolitan cities. The book explores the meaning of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rennie-Short, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Colección:Questioning cities series.
Temas:
Metropolitan areas.
Urbanization.
Globalization.
Cosmopolitanism.
City dwellers > Social conditions.
City dwellers > Economic conditions.
City and town life.
Urbanisation.
Mondialisation.
Cosmopolitisme.
Citadins > Conditions sociales.
Citadins > Conditions économiques.
Vie urbaine.
urbanization.
globalism.
City and town life
City dwellers > Economic conditions
City dwellers > Social conditions
Cosmopolitanism
Globalization
Metropolitan areas
Urbanization
Communities - Urban Groups.
Sociology & Social History.
Social Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Exploring the connections between globalization and urbanization, this notable book places particular emphasis on understanding the economic function of global cities, the political process of globalizing cities, and the cultural significance of cosmopolitan cities. The book explores the meaning of the globalizing project in cities: the maintaining, securing and increasing of urban economic competitiveness in a global worldthe reimagining of the citythe rewriting of the city for both internal and external audiencesthe construction of new spaces.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (161 pages)
ISBN:9780203508657
0203508653
0415305411
9780415305419
1134405200
9781134405206
9786610077762
6610077762

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