TY  - BOOK
AU  - Short, John Rennie
TI  - Global metropolitan : : globalizing cities in a capitalist world 
SN  - 9780415305426
U1  - 307.76 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge/ Taylor & Francis
KW  - Metropolitan areas
KW  -  City planning. Globalization -- Social aspects
KW  -  Globalization -- Economic aspects
N1  - 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.; 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
ER  -