Autore	Abrahamson Mark
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2004
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (192 p.)
Disciplina	307.76
Soggetto topico	Metropolitan areas Globalization City dwellers - Social conditions City dwellers - Economic conditions City and town life Culture Sociology, Urban
ISBN	0-19-976952-4 1-4237-7572-4 1-60256-778-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Preface; ONE: INTRODUCTION, BACKGROUND, AND PREVIEW; Identifying Global Cities; Industrial to Postindustrial Economies; Economic Measures of Global Cities; Modern to Postmodern Culture; Cultural Measures of Global Cities; Cities and Regions; Appendix: The Virtual Workplace; Notes; TWO: PEOPLE, PLACES, AND LIFESTYLES; The Financial Services Sector; Power and Opposition; Case Study: London's Financial Services Districts; Yuppies and Dinks in Gentrified Areas; International Tourists and Tourism; Tourism and Hyperconsumption; Edge Cities; Notes; THREE: IMMIGRATION Hostility and DependenceThe Immigrants; Illegal Entrants; Case Study: Smuggling Chinese Immigrants; Enclaves; Citizenship and the Nation-State; Note; FOUR: CITIES IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY; Global Classifications; Location of Stock Exchanges; International Banking and Finance; Multinational Corporations and Foreign Investment; Corporate Service Firms; The Economic Hierarchy; Postscript: Separating Products and Places; Case Study: McDonald's; Notes; FIVE: INEQUALITY; Measuring Income Inequality; Inequality in Global Cities; Spatial Reflections; Case Study: São Paulo; Global Inequality Inequality ConclusionsAppendix: The World Bank and International Monetary Fund; Notes; SIX: GLOBAL CULTURE AND THE CULTURAL INDUSTRIES; Globalization, Culture, and Identity; Rootlessness versus Multiple Identities; Cultural Industries and the Economy; Entertainment Conglomerates; Concluding Generalizations; Notes; SEVEN: THE GLOBAL CULTURAL INDUSTRIES HIERARCHY; Recorded Music; Movies; Television; The Cultural Industries Hierarchy; Notes; EIGHT: SOME FINAL THOUGHTS; Designating Global Cities; Cities and Nation-States; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V WY; Z
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Autore	Acuto Michele <1984-, >
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (214 p.)
Disciplina	307.76
Collana	Routledge new diplomacy studies
Soggetto topico	Cities and towns - Political aspects Urbanization - Political aspects City planning - Political aspects Geopolitics International relations
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-203-07381-9 1-299-14822-0 1-135-10523-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Spotting the "gorillas in our midst" -- Situating the link -- A global influence: "actant" and "actor" dimensions -- Going beyond the agency impasse -- The world politics "in" global cities: networking actants -- The world politics "of" global cities: networking actors -- The world politics "of" global cities: networking networks -- Reassembling the global city's influence.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910463006403321

Autore	Ni Pengfei
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Gateway East, Singapore : , : Springer, , [2021]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (644 pages)
Disciplina	307.76
Soggetto topico	Cities and towns - Ratings and rankings
ISBN	981-16-2058-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Intro -- Senior Consultant -- The Main Authors -- Members of the Editorial Board -- Contents -- 1 Global Urban Competitiveness Ranking 2018-2019 -- 2 The Planet of Cities Toward Diverse Agglomeration, Global Connection, and Extensive Sharing -- 2.1 Cities Have Become More Global, Networked, and Intelligent Over the Past 40 Years -- 2.1.1 The Non-agricultural Aggregation of Factors of Production: Tremendous Changes on the City Meaning -- 2.1.2 Tremendous Changes on World City Functions Caused by Division of World Cities -- 2.1.3 Global Space Competition: A Global City Connected by Internet Infrastructure -- 2.2 Humanity Moving Toward a Connected, Gathering and Sharing City Planet Over the 40 Years -- 2.2.1 The Nature of World Has Changed Because of the Change of City Status: It is a World of Cities -- 2.2.2 Functions of the World Have Changed Because of the Change of Urban Functions: The World Becomes a Large Group -- 2.2.3 The World Form Has Changed Because of the Change of Urban Form: The World Becomes a City -- 2.2.4 The World Pattern Has Been Reshaped by the Evolution of Urban Pattern: The World Becomes a Multicentric World Under Time-space Compression -- 2.3 Market System and IT Shape the Planet of Cities Over the Past 40 Years -- 2.3.1 Market System: Victory and Gradual Deepening of Market Economy -- 2.3.2 Technical Innovation: Promotion and Change by Information Technology -- 2.3.3 Global Connection: Enhancement and Leap Forward of Soft Connection -- 3 Global Industry and City Evolution Patterns -- 3.1 Problem Statement and Literature Review -- 3.1.1 Problem Statement -- 3.2 Literature Review -- 3.3 Theoretical Analysis -- 3.3.1 Model Assumptions -- 3.4 Evolution of Global Production and Trade Patterns Across Different Stages -- 3.4.1 Theoretical Reasoning -- 3.5 Analytical Framework, Methodology, and Data Description. 3.5.1 Analytical Framework -- 3.5.2 Data Description -- 3.5.3 Construction and Calculation of Industry Relocation Indexes -- 3.6 Empirical Analysis -- 3.6.1 Evolution of GVCs and the Pattern of World Cities -- 3.6.2 Global Industry Evolution Patterns -- 3.7 Empirical Analysis -- 3.7.1 Empirical Design -- 3.7.2 Results of the Empirical Research -- 3.8 Conclusions -- References -- 4 Analysis on the Economic Competitiveness of Global Cities -- 4.1 Global Urban Economic Competitiveness: An Annual Review -- 4.1.1 Overall Pattern: The Economic Competitiveness of European and American Cities Takes the Lead, While Urban Performance in China is a Highlight -- 4.1.2 Historical Comparison: Asian Urban Competitiveness Keeps Rising, While Its Internal Differences Drop -- 4.1.3 Individual Indexes: The Indexes of Local Demands, Infrastructure, and Technology Innovation Are Critical Factors Affecting Global Urban Economic Competitiveness -- 4.2 Comparative Analysis of Urban Competitiveness in China and the US -- 4.2.1 Current Pattern: The Urban Economic Competitiveness of the US is Higher Than China on the Whole -- 4.2.2 Historical Comparison: The Rise of Chinese Cities Is Changing the Pattern that Developed Economies Dominate World Development -- 4.2.3 Comparison of Individual Indexes: The Social Environment Index and Business Cost Index in Chinese Cities Are Higher Than Those in the US -- 4.3 Contrastive Analysis of the Competitiveness of North America, West Europe, and East Asia -- 4.3.1 Current Pattern: Cities in North America Take the Lead, and the Most Competitive Cities Are Concentrated in the Top Trio Regions -- 4.3.2 Historical Comparison: Urban Competitiveness in East Asia is Rapidly Rising, While Its Internal Differences Are Dropping. 4.3.3 Individual Indexes: North America and West Europe Each Has Its Advantages, While East Asia Has an Edge in Social Environment and Business Cost -- 4.4 Comparative Analysis of the Competitiveness of the Four Major Bay Areas -- 4.4.1 Current Pattern: The San Francisco Bay Area Takes the Lead, While the Guangzhou-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Is at the Bottom -- 4.4.2 Historical Comparison: The Tokyo Bay Area and the San Francisco Bay Area Take Turn to Lead, and the Guangzhou-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Rises Rapidly -- 4.4.3 Comparison of Individual Indexes: The Guangzhou-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Has Advantages in Social Environment and Business Cost -- 4.5 Comparative Analysis of the Competitiveness of the Ten Major Urban Agglomerations -- 4.5.1 Current Pattern: The Urban Agglomerations in Developed Countries Take the Lead -- 4.5.2 Historical Comparison: Urban Agglomerations in Developed Countries Decline While Those in Developing Countries Rise -- 4.6 Comparative Analysis of the Top 20 Cities in Economic Competitiveness -- 4.6.1 Current Pattern: China and the US Dominate the World's Top 20 Cities in Economic Competitiveness -- 4.6.2 Historical Comparison: The US Consolidates Its Advantages, While Top Cities in China Keep Increasing -- 4.6.3 Comparison of Individual Indexes: Financial Service and Social Environment Are Important Reasons Causing the Intercity Differences Among the World's 20 Cities -- 4.7 Analysis of the Coupling Coordination Degree of the Elements of Economic Competitiveness -- 4.7.1 Kernel Density Distribution and Scatter Diagram of the Coupling Coordination Degree of Cities Worldwide -- 4.7.2 Spatial Distribution Characteristics of the Coupling Coordination Degree of Cities Worldwide -- 4.7.3 The Regression Analysis of Economic Competitiveness by the Coupling Coordination Degree. 5 Analysis on Sustainable Competitiveness of Global Cities -- 5.1 Cities with, Respectively, Strong and Weak Sustainable Competitiveness are Clearly Distributed in a Large Portion in the Middle and a Small Portion at Both Ends, and Sustainable Competitiveness of Asian Cities Constantly Enhances -- 5.1.1 The Level of Economic Development is Highly Positively Correlated with the Overall Manifestation of Sustainable Competitiveness of Cities -- 5.1.2 High-Level Equilibrium is the Best Goal and Path to Enhance Sustainable Competitiveness of Cities -- 5.1.3 Technological Innovation and Human Capital Potential Have the Greatest Impacts and Magnify the Positive Effects by Means of Direct Effect, Indirect Effect, and Feedback Effect -- 5.2 Global Ranking of Cities by Sustainable Competitiveness 2018 -- 5.2.1 Overview -- 5.2.2 Chinese Cities Versus American Cities: There are Notable Disparities Between Chinese and American Cities in Sustainable Competitiveness. The Number of American Cities Performing Well in Sustainable Competitiveness Indicators Is Far Larger than the Number of Such Chinese Cities. However, the Internal Divergence Between American Cities Is Widening, Whereas the Development of Chinese Cities Is Overall More Coordinated -- 5.2.3 The World's Three Major Economic Centers: Contrary to Western Europe and North America, East Asia's Economic Level is Low, the Difference is Large, and the Promotion is Fast -- 5.2.4 Sustainable Competitiveness of the Four Bay Areas: The Tokyo Bay Area Is the Most Competitive. The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Bay Area Scores Lowest in Sustainable Competitiveness but Is Catching Up with the Three Mature Bay Areas. 5.2.5 Global Urban Clusters: The Northeast Region of the US Has the Best Urban Clusters, While a few Mature Urban Clusters Have Stable Development and the Overall Polarizing Urban Agglomerations Face Long-Term Challenges -- 5.2.6 Globe Top 20: Leading the World in Sustainable Competitiveness with Technology and Human Capital as the Largest Two Driving Forces -- 5.2.7 The Largest Cities in the World's Major Countries: The Competitiveness of the Largest Cities Is Intensifying, and the Strength and Competitiveness of the Country Determine the Sustainable Competitiveness of the Largest Cities -- 5.3 Environmental Quality Index Analysis: Environmental Negative Impacts in Urban Clusters -- 5.3.1 Overall Pattern: Environmental Endowment and the Kuznets Curve Together Determine the Quality of Urban Environment -- 5.3.2 Global Top 20: Coastal Cities and Cities Exhibiting Moderate Economic Growth -- 5.3.3 Comparison of Countries: Wide Disparities Between Chinese and American Cities in Quality of Environment -- 5.3.4 Urban Cluster Pattern: Urban Clusters Bring Negative Environmental Impact -- 5.3.5 World City Network -- 5.4 Social Inclusion Index Analysis: Europe and East Asia Lead in Social Inclusion Index, Culture and Tradition Determine the Level of Tolerance -- 5.4.1 Overall Pattern: Western Europe and East Asia Perform Best in Inclusiveness -- 5.4.2 Global Top 20: East Asian Cities Lead the World in Inclusiveness -- 5.4.3 Comparison Between Countries' Cultural Difference Leads to Disparities in Inclusiveness in China and Chinese -- 5.4.4 Global Ranking of Countries by Quality of Environment of the City with Best Environment in Each Country -- 5.5 Analysis of the Science and Technology Innovation Index: The Strength of the Emerging Cities in Developed and Emerging Economies is Dazzling. 5.5.1 Overall Pattern: There is a Divergence in Innovation in Geographical and Political Terms Between Developed and Developing Countries.
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Autore	Kachiga Jean
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Lexington Books, , 2016
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (279 p.)
Disciplina	307.76
Soggetto topico	Space - Social aspects Public spaces - Social aspects Globalization - Social aspects
ISBN	1-4985-0256-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Introduction; Ch01. Space-Related Concepts as the Primary Locus of Human Activities and Issues; Ch02. Space, Identity, and Global Issues; Ch03. Gender Issues as Space Issues; Ch04. Structured Spaces as the Cause of Global Issues; Ch05. Religion and Politics; Ch06. Civilizations and Space; Ch07. The Global Space; Ch08. Globalization of Space and Its Implications; Ch09. Globalization Issues; Ch10. The Role and Place of Nations in the Global Space; Ch11. The Cyber Space; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910798677103321

Autore	Rennie-Short John
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London : , : Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, , 2004
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (viii, 146 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina	307.76
Collana	Questioning cities
Soggetto topico	Globalization Metropolitan areas Urbanization
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910463464303321