World Cities in a World-System
- 1st
- Cambridge University Press, 1995
- 340
The writers in this book examine the nature of world cities, and their demands as special places in need of specific urban policies. Preface, Introduction: World City and Hypothesis and Context, World Cities in a World System, On Concentration and Centrality in the Global City, Cities in Systems, Transport and the World City Paradigm, Global Logics in the Caribbean City System: The Case of Miami, Politics and Policy in World Cities: Theory and Practice, Theorizing the Global-Local Connection, The Environmental Problematic in World Cities, Index.