Cities in Transition Globalization, Political Change and Urban Development /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Schneider-Sliwa, Rita (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: The GeoJournal Library, 83
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Geography.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Human geography.; Social Sciences.; Human Geography.; Geography, general.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.

This book was written with the aim of showing that even in the era of globalization developments appearing in cities are not subject to almost unconditional global forces. Rather, universal forces are decisive eventualities in the process of urban restructuring, often influencing its course and spee...