Constructing Metropolitan Space

Actors, Policies and Processes of Rescaling in World Metropolises
Herausgeber: Simone Gross, Jill; Ye, Lin; Gualini, Enrico

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume is intended as a contribution to the establishment of a globally comparative analysis of the construction of metropolitan spaces and scales under conditions of globalization and neoliberalization.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9780815380856
• ISBN-10: 0815380852
• Artikelnr.: 54690100

Autorenporträt

Jill Simone Gross is Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Policy and Planning at Hunter College, City University of New York. Enrico Gualini is Professor at the Institute of Urban and Regional Planning of TU Berlin - Berlin University of Technology. Lin Ye is Professor at the School of Government of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Introduction Chapter 1: Introduction: Actors, Policies and
Processes in the Construction of Metropolitan Space: Conceptual and
Analytical Issues Part 2: Constructing Metropolitan Space in World Cities:
Case Studies Chapter 2: Berlin as an 'Implicit' Metropolitan Space:
Contradictions in the Institutional Construction of Scale Chapter 3:
Contrasting the Spatial and Political Dimensions of Rescaling in
Metropolitan Delhi Chapter 4: The Governance of Istanbul Metropolitan
Development: The Role of the State and the Private Sector Chapter 5:
Contesting the Region: Transportation and the Politics of Scale in New York
Chapter 6: Paris, a Contested Construction of Metropolitan Space Chapter 7:
Economic Actors at Odds with the Metropolis: Rio de Janeiro in the Context
of Mega-events Chapter 8: The Uncertain Metropolization of Rome: Economy,
Space and Governance Chapter 9: Urban Strategies for Extended Metropolises
in Shenzhen and the Pearl River Delta: State-Firm Dynamics in Anchoring the
New Metropolitan Center Part 3: Findings and Conclusions Chapter 10: The
Construction of Metropolitan Space: Comparative Lessons