Globalization and Urban Development

Most research on globalization has focused on macroeconomic and economy-wide consequences. This book explores an under-researched area, the impacts of globalization on cities and national urban hierarchies, especially but not solely in developing countries. Most of the globalization-urban research h...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Richardson, Harry W. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Bae, Chang-Hee Christine (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
Σειρά:Advances in Spatial Science,
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Globalization in General
  • Globalization, spatial allocation of resources and spatial impacts: A conceptual framework
  • Urban development in the global periphery: The consequences of economic and ideological globalization
  • The Urban Hierarchy
  • Impact of globalization on cities and city-related policies in India
  • The impacts of globalization on the urban spatial-economic system in Korea
  • Trade openness and regional development in a developing country
  • Do the donors have it right? Decentralization and changing local governance in Indonesia
  • South Africa in the global context: The view from above and below
  • City-Specific Studies
  • The Rio/São Paulo Extended Metropolitan Region: A quest for global integration
  • Mexico City as a peripheral global player: The two sides of the coin
  • Globalization and Latin America: Understanding the global links of Colombia’s capital
  • Tijuana-San Diego: Globalization and the transborder metropolis
  • Globalization and Los Angeles
  • The impacts of globalization on St. Petersburg: A secondary world city in from the cold?
  • Building world city Tokyo: Globalization and conflict over urban space
  • Measuring world city formation — The case of Shanghai
  • Karachi — a case of asymmetric inclusion in the current globalization?
  • Issues
  • Information technology and urban spatial structure: A comparative analysis of the Chicago and Seoul regions
  • Globalization and urban environmental transitions: Comparison of New York’s and Tokyo’s experiences
  • Above and below the line: Globalization and urban form in Bangkok.