Globalizing City: The Urban and Economic Transformation of Accra, Ghana

by Richard Grant

As urbanization of the world's population grows at an ever-increasing pace, the need to understand the effects of globalization on cities is at the forefront of urban studies. Traditional scholarship largely employs a framework of analysis based on the globalizing experience of Western cities. In Globalizing City, Richard Grant draws on ten years of empirical research in Accra, Ghana's capital city, to show how this African metropolis is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815631723
• ISBN13: 9780815631729
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"