Global Metropolitan: Globalizing Cities in a Capitalist World

by John Rennie Short

Book Overview

Exploring the connections between globalization and urbanization, this notable book places particular emphasis on understanding the economic function of global cities, the political process of globalizing cities, and the cultural significance of cosmopolitan cities.

The book explores the meaning of the globalizing project in cities:

the maintaining, securing and increasing of urban economic competitiveness in a global world the reimagining...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041530542X
• ISBN13: 9780415305426
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"