Yeong-Hyun Kim, John Rennie Short

Cities and Economies (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This outstanding text provides a clear introduction to the relationships between cities and economies in both historical and global contexts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134214518
• Artikelnr.: 38251567

Autorenporträt

Yeong-Hyun Kim is Associate Professor in Geography, Ohio University. Her teaching and research specialty includes globalization, urban political economy, development and Asia. She is currently working on migrant labor in Seoul, South Korea.

John Rennie Short is Professor of Geography and Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He has published twenty-eight books and numerous articles and is recognized as an international authority on the study of cities.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Cities and Economies 2. Mercantile Cities and European Colonialism 3.
The Rise and Fall of Industrial Cities 4. Service Industries and
Metropolitan Economies 5. Globalization and World Cities 6. Globalization
and Globalizing Cities 7. New Solutions for Old Economies 8. Third World
Cities 9. World City Projects for National Capitals 10. Globalizing Islands
in Developing Countries