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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9280809997 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>98019736 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Biblioteca basica de referencia en ciencias sociales.--Serie Urbanizacion.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>International economic relations.<br/>Metropolitan areas.<br/>Urbanization.<br/>Relaciones economicas internacionales
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HT330.Y48.G563 1998