Yeong-Hyun Kim, John Rennie Short

Cities and Economies

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This outstanding text provides a concise, accessible and stimulating introduction to the relationships between cities and economies in both the historical and global contexts. Particular attention is paid to the ways in which large cities have led, and at the same time adapted to, economic shifts at the national and international level. The book: reviews different economic activities that spurred urban growth and decline in history; focuses on how large cities in developed countries have adapted to and have led a globalizing world economy; and, investigates large cites in developing countries with a particular focus on the links between capital cities and their national economies. Throughout, emphasis is placed on comparing current economic issues and policies of large cities in the developed world to those of large cities in the developing world. Case studies are used to illuminate the urban economic issues in question and key questions and resources are provided at the end of each chapter.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 165mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 481g
• ISBN-13: 9780415365734
• ISBN-10: 0415365732
• Artikelnr.: 22781980

Autorenporträt

Yeong-Hyun Kim is Associate Professor in Geography, Ohio University. Her teaching and research specialty includes globalization, urban political economy, development and Asia. She is currently working on migrant labor in Seoul, South Korea. John Rennie Short is Professor of Geography and Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He has published twenty-eight books and numerous articles and is recognized as an international authority on the study of cities.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Cities and Economies 2. Mercantile Cities and European Colonialism 3.
The Rise and Fall of Industrial Cities 4. Service Industries and
Metropolitan Economies 5. Globalization and World Cities 6. Globalization
and Globalizing Cities 7. New Solutions for Old Economies 8. Third World
Cities 9. World City Projects for National Capitals 10. Globalizing Islands
in Developing Countries