01745cam a2200397Ia 4500 9780203508657 FlBoTFG 20171224124359.0 a|||||s||||||||||| cr|||| 121220s2004 enka sb 001 0 eng d 9780203508657 (e-book : PDF) FlBoTFG FlBoTFG HT330 .S564 2004 307.76 S559 Short, John R. Global metropolitan [electronic resource] : globalizing cities in a capitalist world / John Rennie Short. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004. viii, 146 p. : ill. Questioning cities series Includes bibliographical references ([131]-139) and index. 1. Introduction -- 2. Globalization and the city -- 3. From world cities to globalizing cities -- 4. Globalizing cities -- 5. Black holes and loose connections -- 6. Tensions in the global city -- 7. The modalities of the global city -- 8. Going for gold : globalizing the Olympics, localizing the Games -- 9. The super-rich and the global city -- 10. The global, the city and the body. Also available in print edition. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Metropolitan areas. Urbanization. Globalization. Cosmopolitanism. City dwellers Social conditions. City dwellers Economic conditions. City and town life. Electronic books. lcsh 0415305411 (hardback) 041530542X (pbk.) 9780415305426 Questioning cities series. http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9780203508657 Click here to view 16525 16525