Global metropolitan : globalizing cities in a capitalist world / by John Rennie Short

By:

Short, John Rennie

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Routledge/ Taylor & Francis, 2004. London:Description: viii,: 146 pISBN:

9780415305426

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DDC classification:

307.76 SHO-G

Contents:

1. Introduction-- 2. Globalization and The City --3. From World City to Globalizing City-- 4. Globalizing Cities --5. Black Holes and Loose Connections in a Global Urban Hierarchy-- 6. Tensions in The Global City --7. The Modalities of The Global City --8. Going for Gold: The Summer Olympics and The Global City-- 9. The Super-Rich and The Global City--10. The Global, The City and The Body References

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Library, SPAB E-2	Non Fiction	307.76 SHO-G (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		005021

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This book explains the economic and social changes cities experience as they compete in a global world and explores how the discourse of globalizing has become a major narrative in the restructuring of cities around the world.

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