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Globalization and Urban Development

By Harry W. Richardson , Chang-Hee Christine Bae (auth.) , Professor Harry W. Richardson , Dr. Chang-Hee Christine Bae (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2005
ISBN
978-3-540-22362-7, 978-3-540-28351-5
DOI
10.1007/3-540-28351-X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3212193 bytes)
Series
Advances in Spatial Science
Edition
1
Pages
322\320
Time added
2013-10-20 05:25:02
Regional Science; Landscape/Regional and Urban Pla

Description

Most research on globalization has focused on macroeconomic and economy-wide consequences. This book explores an under-researched area, the impacts of globalization on cities and national urban hierarchies, especially but not solely in developing countries. Most of the globalization-urban research has concentrated on the "global cities" (e.g. New York, London, Paris, Tokyo) that influence what happens in the rest of the world. In contrast, this research looks at the cities at the receiving end of the forces of globalization. The general finding is that large cities, on balance, benefit from globalization, although in some cases at the expense of widening spatial inequities.

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