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A study on globalizing cities : theoretical frameworks and China's modes /
A Study on Globalizing Cities is the latest masterpiece by Zhou Zhenhua, a famous Chinese economist, who closely tracks the theoretical study of global cities and is actively engaged in the strategic research of Shanghai's development. With rich empirical data and an in-depth analysis, this boo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hackensack, New Jersey :
World Scientific,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Abstract; Contents; Chapter 1 Literature Review; 1.1. Formation and Development of the Global City Theory; 1.1.1. Traditional urban studies; 1.1.2. Early research and theoretical hypothesis formation of global city; 1.1.3. Development of the global city theory; 1.2. Main Viewpoints of the Global City Theory and Relevant Research; 1.2.1. The meaning and its interpretation of the global city; 1.2.2. The basic motivation of formation of the global city; 1.2.3. The functions and status of the global city; 1.2.4. Classification and system of the global city.
- 1.2.5. Network-based global city research1.2.6. Research on the global city-region; 1.3. Current State of Domestic Research; Chapter 2 Globalization, Informatization, and the Change of the World City System; 2.1. Relations Between the Wave of Globalization and the Cities Centered by Space; 2.1.1. The changes in the international division of labor in the process of globalization; 2.1.2. Changes of competitive relationships between state and its cities, enterprises; 2.2. Wave of Informatization and Cities "Space of Flows."
- 2.2.1. Informatization is a major driving force of urbanization and urban development2.2.2. The space of urban flow; 2.3. Information City and the Change of the World City System; 2.3.1. Changes of the world urban system from globalization and informatization; 2.3.2. Theoretic defects in the mainstream global city study; 2.3.3. Reconstruction of the internal logic of formation and development of globalization, informatization, and global city; Chapter 3 Global City Networks and Their Nodes; 3.1. Global City Networks and Their Features; 3.2. Nodes of Global City Networks.
- 3.2.1. The connectivity of network nodes3.2.2. The diversity of network nodes; 3.2.3. The dynamic nature of network nodes; 3.2.4. Measurement of network nodes; 3.3. Globalizing Cities Based on Network Structure; 3.3.1. The globalizing city: the strata in the network structure; 3.3.2. Criticism of the traditional method of functionalism; 3.3.3. The nature of the globalizing city; Chapter 4 Regions of Global Cities: A New Spatial Structure; 4.1. Regions of Global Cities: Basic Spatial Unit of Modern Global Economy; 4.1.1. New changes in space; 4.1.2. The provisions of the global city region.
- 4.2. Interpretation of the Spatial Structure for Regions of Global Cities4.2.1. Re-examining the spatial structure of traditional urban theory; 4.2.2. The spatial logic of the global city region; 4.3. Regions of Global Cities and Globalizing Cities; 4.3.1. The extension of the global commodity chain to the spatial distribution of the developing countries; 4.3.2. The rise of globalized cities among the development of global city regions; Chapter 5 Rise of Global Cities: Prerequisite and Positioning Strategic Target; 5.1. Deeply Melting into the Process of Globalization.