Global City Challenges: Debating a Concept, Improving the Practice

by M. Acuto, W. Steele

Overview

The contributors illustrate what twin analytical and practical challenges emerge from juxtaposing cultural, economic, historical, postcolonial, virtual, architectural, literary, security and political stances to the concept of the 'global city'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349449439
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2013
Edition description:	1st ed. 2013
Pages:	278
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Michele Acuto, University of Oxford, UK David Bassens, Free University of Brussels, Belgium Kerwin Datu, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK Ben Derudder, Ghent University, Belgium Howard Dick, University of Melbourne, Australia Mark Graham, University of Oxford, UK Sheila Hones, University of Tokyo, Japan Michael Hoyler, Loughborough University, UK Roger Keil, York University, Canada Oli Mould, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Peter Rimmer, Australian National University Glen Searle, University of Queensland, Australia Wendy Steele, Griffith University, Australia Peter J. Taylor, Northumbria University, UK Vanessa Watson, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Table of Contents

Introduction; Michele Acuto and Wendy Steele 2. The Global City Tradition; Christof Parnreiter 3. The Network Dimension; Ben Derudder, Michael Hoyler and Peter J. Taylor 4. The Economic and Financial Dimensions; David Bassens 5. The Historical Dimension; Peter Rimmer and Howard Dick 6. The Postcolonial Dimension; Vanessa Watson 7. The Literary Dimension; Sheila Hones 8. The Virtual Dimension; Mark Graham 9. The Cultural Dimension; Oli Mould 10. The Architectural Dimension; Kerwin Datu 11. The Geopolitical Dimension; Michele Acuto 12. The Security Dimension; David Murakami-Wood 13. Global City Challenges: A view from the field; Glen Searle Conclusions; Michele Acuto and Wendy Steele Afterword; Roger Keil