Planning world cities : globalization and urban politics / Peter Newman and Andy Thornley.
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Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2005.
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| Series: | Planning, environment, cities (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Global transformation and the city : the debates
- 3. The impact of urban governance and policy
- 4. Cities in North America : rediscovering downtown, regionalism and devolution
- 5. New York : capital of the world
- 6. The challenge to New York's world city dominance : Toronto, Mexico City, Chicago or Los Angeles?
- 7. European integration and competitive city regions
- 8. London : from fragmentation to world city promotion
- 9. Europe's world city contenders : Paris, Berlin, Frankfurt and Barcelona
- 10. Pacific Asia : economic interdependence and the developmental state
- 11. Tokyo : shaping a world city in the face of economic turbulence
- 12. Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore : a battle for regional dominance - mega-projects and state-led visions
- 13. Planning world cities.
