Cities in Globalization: Practices, Policies and Theories Tapa blanda - 2012

Raj Publications, 2013. New.

Raj Publications, 2013. New.

Rawat Publications, 2013. 1st. Paperback. New.

Rawat Publications, 2013. 1st. Paperback. New.

SR-ECOMMERCE. New.

SR-ECOMMERCE. New.

Paperback / softback. New. Despite traditionally being a strong research topic in urban studies, inter-city relations had become grossly neglected until recently, when it was placed back on the research agenda with the advent of studies of world/global cities. More recently the `external relations' of cities have taken their place alongside `internal relations' within cities to constitute the full nature of cities. This collection of essays on how and why cities are connecting to each other in a globalizing world provides evidence for a new city-centered geography that is emerging in the twenty-first century. Cities in Globalization covers four key themes beginning with the different ways of measuring a `world city network', ranging from analyses of corporate structures to airline passenger flows. Second is the recent European advances in studying `urban systems' which are compared to the Anglo-American city networks approach. These chapters add conceptual vigour to traditional… Leer más

Routledge, 2012. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 330 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.