Relocating Global Cities: From the Center to the Margins

by M. Martin Bosman and Kevin Archer

Drawing on eight case studies from key cities on the periphery of global cities literature, Relocating Global Cities argues that all cities are globalizing in important ways. Case studies of Frankfurt, Johannesburg, Bangkok, Manila, Tampa, Sydney, Brussels, and Caracas provide the basis for an alternative theoretical approach to global city formation. Reconciling a market-based understanding and an agency-based understanding of global cities, this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742541223
• ISBN13: 9780742541221
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"