Globalization and Urban Development

by Harry W. Richardson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642061125
• ISBN13: 9783642061127
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"