Global Cities : A Short History /

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Why have some cities become great global urban centers, and what cities will be future leaders' From Athens and Rome in ancient times to New York and Singapore today, a handful of cities have stood out as centers of global economic, military, or political power. In the twenty-first century, the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clark, Greg, 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
GLOBALIZATION.
Urban economics.
Regionalism.
Globalization.
City-states.
Cities and towns.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Urban & Regional.
globalism.
city-states.
cities.
Mondialisation.
Cites-États.
Économie urbaine.
Regionalisme.
Villes.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Navigating global cities
  • Origins: trade and connectivity
  • The history of global cities I: ancient
  • The history of global cities II: modern
  • Understanding global cities
  • Global cities today
  • The future of global cities: challenges and leadership.

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