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Cities in a Global Society
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October 1989 | 344 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
As the year 2000 approaches, urbanized areas are entering a new era -- one which will be shaped primarily by their response to powerful global forces -- environmental and economic. The contributors suggest that cities should begin to assess their role in a global society and establish their strategic position and comparative advantage in the global marketplace. They argue that what cities need are policies and programmes which enable them to be more responsive to opportunities which are being created as national barriers and market regulations are removed.
R V Knight
Introduction
PART ONE: THE GLOBAL CONTEXT: THE REALITIES BEHIND THE CLICHE
R V Knight
The Emergent Global Society
Remy Prud'homme
New Trends in the Cities of the World
Jean Gottman
What Are Cities Becoming the Centers of? Sorting Out the Possibilities
Pietro Garau
Third World Cities in a Global Society Viewed from a Developing Nation
PART TWO: PATHSETTERS AND CONTENDERS: FROM PLACES RATED TO WORLD CLASS AMBIGUITY
Rosemary Scanlon
New York City as Global Capital in the 1980s
Corinne Lathrop Gilb
Third World Cities
Stephen S Fuller
The Internationalization of the Washington D.C. Area Economy
Ralph E Thayer and Robert K Whelen
Port Cities Face Complex Challenges
Al Ganz and L Francis Konga
Boston in the World Economy
Marc V Levine
Urban Redevelopment in a Global Economy
Yasuo Masai
Greater Tokyo As a Global City
PART THREE: THE NEW URBAN DEVELOPMENT: LEARNING FOR THE FUTURE
Jeanne Howard
Long Wave Cycles and Cities in a Global Society
Frans Vonk
Managing the Metropolis
Hartmut E Arras
Reckoning the Future
Kai Lemberg
The Need for Autonomy
R V Knight
City Development and Urbanization
PART FOUR: INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECOSTRUCTURE: THE REQUIREMENTS FOR URBAN SETTLEMENTS IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY
Wilfred Owen
Mobility and the Metropolis
Richard L Meier
Urban Ecosystems Under Stress in Pacific Rim Countries
Len Gertler
Telecommunications and the Changing Global Context of Urban Settlements
Roy Drewett and Uwe Schubert
Culture and Reurbanization
G Scimemi
Urban Planning and Environmental Policies
PART FIVE: CONCLUDING PERSPECTIVES: THINKING GLOBALLY: ACTING LOCALLY
Gary Gappert
Global Thinking and Urban Planning
Gary Gappert
A Management Perspective on Cities in a Changing Global Environment
Richard V Knight
City Building in a Global Society