Items related to World Cities in a World-System

World Cities in a World-System - Softcover

Knox, Paul

 
9780521484701: World Cities in a World-System

Synopsis

Seventeen essays by leading researchers in the area of world cities and the economic factors.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review

"The accessibility of the text and the compactness of the chapters make it a useful and lively textbook for graduate students in urban studies and planning as well as in courses that focus on the global dimensions of geography, political economy and sociology....World Cities in a World System makes available an important set of readings for planners and students of planning who are interested in the future shape of the public sector and the public's participation in setting urban agendas." Gerald Sussman, JAPA Journal

"This highly recommended book offers a challenging research agenda to those interested in overcoming these boundaries and advancing this important debate." Susan Clarke, American Political Science Review

Book Description

This book brings together the leading researchers writing seventeen original essays that examine the nature of world cities, and their demands as special places in need of specific urban policies; the relationship between world cities within global networks of economic flows; and the relationship between world-systems analysis and other theoretical frameworks.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.