Emerging Global Cities – Origin, Structure, and Significance
Autor Alejandro Portes, Ariel C. Armonyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 dec 2022
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780231205177
ISBN-10: 0231205171
Pagini: 376
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Columbia University Press
ISBN-10: 0231205171
Pagini: 376
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Columbia University Press
Notă biografică
Alejandro Portes is professor of law and distinguished scholar of arts and sciences at the University of Miami. He is the Howard Harrison and Gabrielle S. Beck Professor of Sociology (emeritus) and the founding director of the Center for Migration and Development at Princeton University. Portes is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the former president of the American Sociological Association. His books include City on the Edge: The Transformation of Miami (1993) and Immigrant America: A Portrait (fourth edition, 2014).
Ariel C. Armony is vice chancellor for global affairs and director of the University Center for International Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, where he is also a professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. He was a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a Fulbright scholar at Nankai University, and a resident fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center. His publications include The Dubious Link: Civic Engagement and Democratization (2004) and, with Portes, The Global Edge: Miami in the Twenty-First Century (2018).
Ariel C. Armony is vice chancellor for global affairs and director of the University Center for International Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, where he is also a professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. He was a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a Fulbright scholar at Nankai University, and a resident fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center. His publications include The Dubious Link: Civic Engagement and Democratization (2004) and, with Portes, The Global Edge: Miami in the Twenty-First Century (2018).
Cuprins
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I
1. The Role of Cities in the Capitalist Economy: An Overview
2. Dubai: From Marginal Gulf Town to Regional Hub, by Rana Tomaira
3. Miami: From Winter Resort to Hemispheric Capital, with the collaboration of Brandon P. Martinez
4. Singapore: From Fishing Village to World-Class Metropolis, with the collaboration of Larry Liu
Part II
5. Global Hopefuls: An Overview
6. New Orleans: A Century of Decline, with the collaboration of Larry Liu
7. São Paulo: Brazil¿s Always-Aspiring City, with the collaboration of Rosa Hassan De Ferrari and Anthony Ocepek
8. Lagos: Africäs New Dubai?, with the collaboration of Rosa Hassan De Ferrari and Anthony Ocepek
Part III
9. Hong Kong: A Threatened Global City, by Larry Liu
Conclusion: Theoretical Implications, Climate Change, and Future Challenges
Notes
References
Index
Introduction
Part I
1. The Role of Cities in the Capitalist Economy: An Overview
2. Dubai: From Marginal Gulf Town to Regional Hub, by Rana Tomaira
3. Miami: From Winter Resort to Hemispheric Capital, with the collaboration of Brandon P. Martinez
4. Singapore: From Fishing Village to World-Class Metropolis, with the collaboration of Larry Liu
Part II
5. Global Hopefuls: An Overview
6. New Orleans: A Century of Decline, with the collaboration of Larry Liu
7. São Paulo: Brazil¿s Always-Aspiring City, with the collaboration of Rosa Hassan De Ferrari and Anthony Ocepek
8. Lagos: Africäs New Dubai?, with the collaboration of Rosa Hassan De Ferrari and Anthony Ocepek
Part III
9. Hong Kong: A Threatened Global City, by Larry Liu
Conclusion: Theoretical Implications, Climate Change, and Future Challenges
Notes
References
Index