World Cities beyond the West: Globalization, Development and Inequality

Brand: Cambridge University Press

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UPC:
9780521536851
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
11/15/2004
Language:
english
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Providing an original perspective on world cities and the impact of globalization upon them, leading authorities contribute to this dedicated study of major cities in countries outside the industrialized West: Bangkok, Mumbai, Cairo, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Mexico City, Moscow, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai and Singapore. All play important global and regional roles, and the contributors compare their historical paths to their present world positions and problems.