Emerging Global Cities : : Origin, Structure, and Significance /

Emerging Global Cities : : Origin, Structure, and Significance / / Alejandro Portes, Ariel C. Armony.

Certain cities—most famously New York, London, and Tokyo—have been identified as “global cities,” whose function in the world economy transcends national borders. Without the same fanfare, formerly peripheral and secondary cities have been growing in importance, emerging as global cities in their ow...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022
VerfasserIn:
Portes, Alejandro,
Armony, Ariel C.,
MitwirkendeR:
De Ferrari, Hassan,
De Ferrari, Rosa Hassan,
Liu, Larry,
Martinez, Brandon P.,
Ocepek, Anthony,
Tomaira, Rana,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2022]
©2022
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 50 b&w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I
  • CHAPTER 1 THE ROLE OF CITIES IN THE CAPITALIST ECONOMY An Overview
  • CHAPTER 2 DUBAI From Marginal Gulf Town to Regional Hub
  • CHAPTER 3 MIAMI From Winter Resort to Hemispheric Capital
  • CHAPTER 4 SINGAPORE From Fishing Village to World-Class Metropolis
  • PART II
  • CHAPTER 5 GLOBAL HOPEFULS An Overview
  • CHAPTER 6 NEW ORLEANS A Century of Decline
  • CHAPTER 7 SÃO PAULO Brazil’s Always-Aspiring City
  • CHAPTER 8 LAGOS Africa’s New Dubai?
  • PART III
  • CHAPTER 9 HONG KONG A Threatened Global City
  • CONCLUSION Theoretical Implications, Climate Change, and Future Challenges
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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