Rövid leírás:
Globalization, the shape of cities, the future of cities, the increasing gap between rich and poor inhabitants, and ethnic and racial segregation, are the key themes of this book. From their experiences of a wide range of cities, from Warsaw to Istanbul, Sao Paulo to New York, the authors examine what might be done to improve the lot of the citizen.
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Hosszú leírás:
The nature and effects of globalization are coming under critical scrutiny across all continents. This book focuses on one aspect, the globalization of cities. It examines the claim that the state is powerless to influence events, and that history, geography, and culture have become irrelevant in the worldwide trend towards a uniform urban model; a model which features increased segregation, decline of the central city, and social polarization.
The international team of contributors is well placed to put these claims in perspective. Drawing on their experiences of cities as diverse as New York and Warsaw, Istanbul and Sao Paulo, they demonstrate that states and cities have adopted widely varying approaches to the advent of globalization; and that its impact has been constrained by each city’s history, physical layout, location, environment, role in the international economy, and demographic composition. The diversity of urban development and political response revealed is enormous, and provides ample practical examples of what might be done to bring about improvements for the increasing number of people who live in cities.
There is much of value here both in some of the substantive detail and in the agenda of questions raised for further work.
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Tartalomjegyzék:
States and Cities and the Partitioning of Urban Space: Introduction
The Divided City in History
The Academic Formulations: Explanations of the Partitioned City
The Poor City: National and Local Perspectives on Changes in Residential Patterns in the British City
Towards Partitioned Cities in the Netherlands? Changing Patterns of Segregation in a Highly Developed Welfare State
The Shifting Meaning of the Black Ghetto in the United States
Economic Restructuring and Urban Segregation in Sao Paulo
Residential Segregation among Social and Ethnic Groups in Budapest during the Post-communist Transition
From Egalitarion Cities in Theory to Non-Egalitarian Cities in Practice: The Changing Social and Spatial Patterns in Polish Cities
A Metropolis at the Crossroads: The Changing Social Geography of Istanbul under the Impact of Globalization
The Rise of Advanced Marginality: Notes on its Nature and Implications
Poverty Pockets and Social Exclusion: On the Role of Place in Shaping Social Inequality
States and Cities and the Partitioning of Urban Space: Conclusions
Afterword on September 11
Index
