ISBN:
9781134405206
,
1134405200
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online Ressource (viii, 146 pages)
,
illustrations.
Serie:
Questioning cities
Paralleltitel:
Print version Global metropolitan
Schlagwort(e):
City dwellers Social conditions
;
City dwellers Economic conditions
;
Metropolitan areas
;
Urbanization
;
Globalization
;
Cosmopolitanism
;
City dwellers Social conditions
;
City dwellers Economic conditions
;
City and town life
;
Metropolitan areas
;
Urbanization
;
Globalization
;
Cosmopolitanism
;
City and town life
;
City dwellers Economic conditions
;
City dwellers Social conditions
;
Internationalisatie
;
Metropolen
;
Stedelijke ontwikkeling
;
City dwellers ; Social conditions
;
Cosmopolitanism
;
Globalization
;
Metropolitan areas
;
Urbanization
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology ; Urban
;
City dwellers ; Economic conditions
;
City and town life
;
Stadtentwicklung
;
Globalisierung
;
Soziale Situation
;
Wirtschaftliche Lage
;
Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
The force of globalization is making cities change all around the world. Short's study explores how the discourse of globalization has become a major narrative in the restructuring of cities in many parts of the world
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Globalization and the cityFrom world city to globalizing cities -- Globalizing cities -- Black holes and loose connections -- Tensions in the global city -- The modalities of the global city -- Going for gold: globalizing the Olympics, localizing the games -- The super-rich and the global city -- The global, the city, and the body.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references ([131]-139) and index. - Print version record
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