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Local and Global: The Management of Cities in the Information Age

By Manuel Castells , Jordi Borja

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1997
ISBN
1853834416, 9781853834417
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3710312 bytes)
Pages
288\588
Time added
2014-05-22 11:56:52

Description

This text challenges the belief that cities will eventually disappear as territorial forms of social organization as new information technologies permit the articulation of social processes without regard for distance, arguing that the specific role of cities will become more important, and proposing that a dynamic and creative relationship be built up between the local and the global. In this way, cities will remain the focus of social organization, political management and cultural expression, equipped to deal with the enormous social and environmental problems of urbanization.

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