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Globalization and the world of large cities
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- Creator
- edited by Fu-chen Lo and Yue-man Yeung
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, [1998]
- ©1998
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 530 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9789280809992, 9280809997
- OCLC
- ocm39060581
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Globalization and the world cities / Peter Hall -- World city regions in Europe: structural change and future challenges / Klaus R. Kunzmann -- World cities in North America: structural change and future challenges / Peter Gordon and Harry W. Richardson -- The growth of Tokyo as a world city / Masahiko Honjo -- Globalization and world city formation in Pacific Asia / Yue-man Yeung and Fu-chen Lo -- Urban corridors in Pacific Asia / Sang-chuel Choe -- World cities and the urban future: the view from Latin America / Alan Gilbert -- Rio de Janeiro as a world city / Hamilton C. Tolosa -- Islamic cities in the world system / Salah El-Shakhs and Ellen Shoshkes -- Cairo as a world city: the impact of Cairo's orientation towards globalization / Mahmoud Yousry, Tarek Abu-Zekry, and Ahmed M. Yousry -- Globalization trends and sub-Saharan African cities / Carole Rakodi -- "Johannesburg": coming to grips with globalization from an abnormal base / Keith Beavon -- The impact of the new technologies and globalization on cities / Saskia Sassen -- World cities as financial centres / David R. Meyer -- Transport and telecommunications among world cities / Peter J. Rimmer -- Globalization and rural-urban relations in the developing world / T.G. McGee -- Feeding the world's cities / Hal Kane