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Globalization and the world of large cities / edited by Fu-chen Lo and Yue-man Yeung. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, (c)1998.Description: xvi, 530 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9280809997
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HT330.Y48.G563 1998
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Contents:
Peter Hall -- World city regions in Europe: structural change and future challenges Klaus R. Kunzmann -- World cities in North America: structural change and future challenges Peter Gordon and Harry W. Richardson -- The growth of Tokyo as a world city Masahiko Honjo -- Globalization and world city formation in Pacific Asia Yue-man Yeung and Fu-chen Lo -- Urban corridors in Pacific Asia Sang-chuel Choe -- World cities and the urban future: the view from Latin America Alan Gilbert -- Rio de Janeiro as a world city Hamilton C. Tolosa -- Islamic cities in the world system Salah El-Shakhs and Ellen Shoshkes -- Cairo as a world city: the impact of Cairo's orientation towards globalization Mahmoud Yousry, Tarek Abu-Zekry, and Ahmed M. Yousry -- Globalization trends and sub-Saharan African cities Carole Rakodi -- "Johannesburg": coming to grips with globalization from an abnormal base Keith Beavon -- The impact of the new technologies and globalization on cities Saskia Sassen -- World cities as financial centres David R. Meyer -- Transport and telecommunications among world cities Peter J. Rimmer -- Globalization and rural-urban relations in the developing world T.G. McGee -- Feeding the world's cities Hal Kane.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Globalization and the world cities Peter Hall -- World city regions in Europe: structural change and future challenges Klaus R. Kunzmann -- World cities in North America: structural change and future challenges Peter Gordon and Harry W. Richardson -- The growth of Tokyo as a world city Masahiko Honjo -- Globalization and world city formation in Pacific Asia Yue-man Yeung and Fu-chen Lo -- Urban corridors in Pacific Asia Sang-chuel Choe -- World cities and the urban future: the view from Latin America Alan Gilbert -- Rio de Janeiro as a world city Hamilton C. Tolosa -- Islamic cities in the world system Salah El-Shakhs and Ellen Shoshkes -- Cairo as a world city: the impact of Cairo's orientation towards globalization Mahmoud Yousry, Tarek Abu-Zekry, and Ahmed M. Yousry -- Globalization trends and sub-Saharan African cities Carole Rakodi -- "Johannesburg": coming to grips with globalization from an abnormal base Keith Beavon -- The impact of the new technologies and globalization on cities Saskia Sassen -- World cities as financial centres David R. Meyer -- Transport and telecommunications among world cities Peter J. Rimmer -- Globalization and rural-urban relations in the developing world T.G. McGee -- Feeding the world's cities Hal Kane.

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