The making of global city regions Johannesburg, Mumbai/Bombay, São Paulo, and Shanghai
Introduction: global politics and the making of global city regions / Klaus Segbers -- City regions between their legacies and the global context -- Johannesburg: (South) Africa's aspirant global city / Alan Mabin -- Mumbai: the mega city of a poor country / Sujata Patel -- São Paulo: the metro...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University Press
c2007
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| Schriftenreihe: | Johns Hopkins studies in globalization
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Cities and towns
> Globalization
> Globalisierung
> Johannesburg
> Bombay
> Sao Paulo
> Case studies
> Aufsatzsammlung
> Mumbai
> São Paulo
> Stadtregion
> Stadtlandschaft
> Fallstudie
> Weltstadt
> Großstadt
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction: global politics and the making of global city regions / Klaus Segbers -- City regions between their legacies and the global context -- Johannesburg: (South) Africa's aspirant global city / Alan Mabin -- Mumbai: the mega city of a poor country / Sujata Patel -- São Paulo: the metropolis of an elite society / Csaba Deák and Sueli Schiffer -- Shanghai: the evolution of China's future global city / Weiping Wu -- Who runs the city?: the 'makers' of global city regions -- Politics of transformation: defining the city strategy in Johannesburg / Susan Parnell -- Formal and informal structures of power in Mumbai / Jim Masselos -- Legitimating power structures in São Paulo / Sueli Schiffer and Csaba Deák -- From "state-owned" to "city inc.": the case of Shanghai / Fulong Wu -- Contested future: discourses and images in city regions -- The discourse of governance in post-apartheid Johannesburg / Robert A. Beauregard/Richard Tomlinson -- Versions of a postcolonial metropolis: competing discourses on Bombay's image / Ranjit Hoskote -- Two cities in one: diverse images of São Paulo / Pedro Jacobi -- Shaping perceptions of Shanghai: discourses, images, and visions / Zhongxin Sun -- Comments by senior officials -- Johannesburg / Roland Hunter -- Mumbai/Bombay / Vidyadhar K. Phatak -- São Paulo / Jorge Wilheim -- Shanghai / Zhu Linchu -- Conclusion: challenges ahead for the Southern contenders / Simon Raiser and Krister Volkmann -- List of contributors |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XI, 369 S. graph. Darst. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0801885159 0-8018-8515-9 9780801885150 978-0-8018-8515-0 |