Globalization and the world of large cities /
Globalization and the world of large cities / [print]
edited by Fu-chen Lo and Yue-man Yeung.
- Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, (c)1998.
- xvi, 530 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Globalization and the world cities World city regions in Europe: structural change and future challenges World cities in North America: structural change and future challenges The growth of Tokyo as a world city Globalization and world city formation in Pacific Asia Urban corridors in Pacific Asia World cities and the urban future: the view from Latin America Rio de Janeiro as a world city Islamic cities in the world system Cairo as a world city: the impact of Cairo's orientation towards globalization Globalization trends and sub-Saharan African cities The impact of the new technologies and globalization on cities World cities as financial centres Transport and telecommunications among world cities Globalization and rural-urban relations in the developing world Feeding the world's cities Peter Hall -- Klaus R. Kunzmann -- Peter Gordon and Harry W. Richardson -- Masahiko Honjo -- Yue-man Yeung and Fu-chen Lo -- Sang-chuel Choe -- Alan Gilbert -- Hamilton C. Tolosa -- Salah El-Shakhs and Ellen Shoshkes -- Mahmoud Yousry, Tarek Abu-Zekry, and Ahmed M. Yousry -- Carole Rakodi -- "Johannesburg": coming to grips with globalization from an abnormal base Keith Beavon -- Saskia Sassen -- David R. Meyer -- Peter J. Rimmer -- T.G. McGee -- Hal Kane.
9280809997
98019736
Biblioteca basica de referencia en ciencias sociales.--Serie Urbanizacion.
International economic relations.
Metropolitan areas.
Urbanization.
Relaciones economicas internacionales
HT330.Y48.G563 1998
Includes bibliographies and index.
Globalization and the world cities World city regions in Europe: structural change and future challenges World cities in North America: structural change and future challenges The growth of Tokyo as a world city Globalization and world city formation in Pacific Asia Urban corridors in Pacific Asia World cities and the urban future: the view from Latin America Rio de Janeiro as a world city Islamic cities in the world system Cairo as a world city: the impact of Cairo's orientation towards globalization Globalization trends and sub-Saharan African cities The impact of the new technologies and globalization on cities World cities as financial centres Transport and telecommunications among world cities Globalization and rural-urban relations in the developing world Feeding the world's cities Peter Hall -- Klaus R. Kunzmann -- Peter Gordon and Harry W. Richardson -- Masahiko Honjo -- Yue-man Yeung and Fu-chen Lo -- Sang-chuel Choe -- Alan Gilbert -- Hamilton C. Tolosa -- Salah El-Shakhs and Ellen Shoshkes -- Mahmoud Yousry, Tarek Abu-Zekry, and Ahmed M. Yousry -- Carole Rakodi -- "Johannesburg": coming to grips with globalization from an abnormal base Keith Beavon -- Saskia Sassen -- David R. Meyer -- Peter J. Rimmer -- T.G. McGee -- Hal Kane.
9280809997
98019736
Biblioteca basica de referencia en ciencias sociales.--Serie Urbanizacion.
International economic relations.
Metropolitan areas.
Urbanization.
Relaciones economicas internacionales
HT330.Y48.G563 1998