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Zhou Zhenhua |
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A study on globalizing cities : theoretical frameworks and China's modes / / Zhenhua Zhou, the Development Research Center of Shanghai Municipal People's Government, China |
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Hackensack, NJ : , : World Century, , [2013] |
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�2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 480 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Urban economics - China |
Urbanization - China |
Globalization - China |
Cities and towns - China |
China Economic conditions |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published in Chinese. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Abstract; Contents; Chapter 1 Literature Review; 1.1. Formation and Development of the Global City Theory; 1.1.1. Traditional urban studies; 1.1.2. Early research and theoretical hypothesis formation of global city; 1.1.3. Development of the global city theory; 1.2. Main Viewpoints of the Global City Theory and Relevant Research; 1.2.1. The meaning and its interpretation of the global city; 1.2.2. The basic motivation of formation of the global city; 1.2.3. The functions and status of the global city; 1.2.4. Classification and system of the global city |
1.2.5. Network-based global city research1.2.6. Research on the global city-region; 1.3. Current State of Domestic Research; Chapter 2 Globalization, Informatization, and the Change of the World City System; 2.1. Relations Between the Wave of Globalization and the Cities Centered by Space; 2.1.1. The changes in the international division of labor in the process of globalization; 2.1.2. Changes of competitive relationships between state and its cities, enterprises; 2.2. Wave of Informatization and Cities "Space of Flows" |
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2.2.1. Informatization is a major driving force of urbanization and urban development2.2.2. The space of urban flow; 2.3. Information City and the Change of the World City System; 2.3.1. Changes of the world urban system from globalization and informatization; 2.3.2. Theoretic defects in the mainstream global city study; 2.3.3. Reconstruction of the internal logic of formation and development of globalization, informatization, and global city; Chapter 3 Global City Networks and Their Nodes; 3.1. Global City Networks and Their Features; 3.2. Nodes of Global City Networks |
3.2.1. The connectivity of network nodes3.2.2. The diversity of network nodes; 3.2.3. The dynamic nature of network nodes; 3.2.4. Measurement of network nodes; 3.3. Globalizing Cities Based on Network Structure; 3.3.1. The globalizing city: the strata in the network structure; 3.3.2. Criticism of the traditional method of functionalism; 3.3.3. The nature of the globalizing city; Chapter 4 Regions of Global Cities: A New Spatial Structure; 4.1. Regions of Global Cities: Basic Spatial Unit of Modern Global Economy; 4.1.1. New changes in space; 4.1.2. The provisions of the global city region |
4.2. Interpretation of the Spatial Structure for Regions of Global Cities4.2.1. Re-examining the spatial structure of traditional urban theory; 4.2.2. The spatial logic of the global city region; 4.3. Regions of Global Cities and Globalizing Cities; 4.3.1. The extension of the global commodity chain to the spatial distribution of the developing countries; 4.3.2. The rise of globalized cities among the development of global city regions; Chapter 5 Rise of Global Cities: Prerequisite and Positioning Strategic Target; 5.1. Deeply Melting into the Process of Globalization |
5.1.1. Opening-up and independency on outgoing economy |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A Study on Globalizing Cities is the latest masterpiece by Zhou Zhenhua, a famous Chinese economist, who closely tracks the theoretical study of global cities and is actively engaged in the strategic research of Shanghai's development. With rich empirical data and an in-depth analysis, this book is of great theoretical and practical significance. Different from studies on global cities by renowned western scholars, this book extends its perspective to globalizing cities. It explores a unique development model for China's globalizing cities by adopting a creative angle of observation and analyt |
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