Planning world cities : globalization and urban politics
Title:
Planning world cities : globalization and urban politics
Author:
Newman, Peter, 1949-
ISBN:
9780333748695
9780333748701
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Publication Information:
Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Physical Description:
xi, 308 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Series:
Planning, environment, cities
Planning, environment, cities (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Contents:
Global transformation and the city : the debates -- The impact of urban governance and policy -- Cities in North America : rediscovering downtown, regionalism, and devolution -- New York : capital of the world -- The challenge to New York's world city dominance : Toronto, Mexico City, Chicago, or Los Angeles? -- European integration and competitive city regions -- London : from fragmentation to world city promotion -- Europe's world city contenders : Paris, Berlin, Frankfurt, and Barcelona -- Pacific Asia : economic interdependence and the developmental state -- Tokyo : shaping a world city in the face of economic turbulence -- Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Singapore : a battle for regional dominance : mega-projects and state-led visions -- Planning world cities.
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Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy052/2004052105.html