Place and production in the global economy -- The urban impact of economic globalization -- National and transnational urban systems -- The new urban economy : the intersection of global processes and place -- Issues and case studies in the new urban economy -- The new inequalities within cities...

Shenzhen: Die Metropole der Zukunft zwischen Kreativität und Überwachung. Wer wissen möchte, wie wir und vor allem unsere Kinder bald schon leben, welche Technologien sie und die Welt prägen werden, muss durch Shenzhen streifen. Die 20-Millionen-Metropole in Südchina gehört zu den...

"Cities in a World Economy" presents sociologists with a new perspective on the study of urban sociology. The decentralization and privatization of the world's economies has radically altered such things as the organization of labour, the structure of consumption, and the distribution of...

"Some cities seem destined to become major financial capitals, yet never do - Seville, for instance, was the centre of Spain's opulent New World Empire, but failed to become a financial metropolis. Others, like former colonial backwater Hong Kong, defy the odds by growing into major trading...