Rethinking global urbanism

Rethinking global urbanism comparative insights from secondary cities / [electronic resource] : edited by Xiangming Chen and Ahmed Kanna. - New York : Routledge, 2012. - xvii, 269 p. : ill., map. - Routledge advances in geography ; 7 . - Routledge advances in geography ; 7. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Urban present and past : how culture, history, and politics shape global and local cityscapes -- pt. 2. Urban contraction and expansion : economic restructuring and governance in de-globalizing and globalizing secondary cities -- pt. 3. The contested urban arena : identity and exclusion in secondary cities.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9780203118368 (e-book : PDF)


Cities and towns.
Urbanization.
Sociology, Urban.
Globalization--Social aspects.


Electronic books.