Screen LibraryThe making of global city regions：Johannesburg, Mumbai/Bombay, São Paulo, and Shanghai
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Johns Hopkins University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Baltimore |
| Publication Dates: | 2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Johns Hopkins studies in globalization |
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| Carrier Form: | xi, 369 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780801885150 (alk. paper) 0801885159 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | F114 |
| CLC: |
F114.41 TU984-1 F291.1-1 |
| Call Number: | TU984-1/M235 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: global politics and the making of global city regions / Klaus Segbers -- City regions between their legacies and the global context. Johannesburg: (South) Africa's aspirant global city / Alan Mabin ; Mumbai: the mega-city of a poor country / Sujata Patel ; São Paulo: the metropolis of an elite society / Csaba Deák and Sueli Schiffer ; Shanghai: the evolution of China's future global city / Weiping Wu -- Who runs the city?: the 'makers' of global city regions. Politics of transformation: defining the city strategy in Johannesburg / Susan Parnell ; Formal and informal structure |