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Globalization and urban change : capital, culture, and Pacific Rim mega-projects
- Title
- Globalization and urban change : capital, culture, and Pacific Rim mega-projects / Kris Olds.
- Author
- Olds, Kris, 1961-
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 311 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This book provides a grounded analysis of globalization and urban change in the late 20th century. Based on field work carried out in Vancouver, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Paris, and London, the author highlights the role of two transnational cultures - ethnic Chinese property developers and 'brand name' architects - in the planning and development of urban mega-projects. Case studies from Vancouver and Shanghai are used to analyse the nature of the transnational practices and networks that facilitate the production of new urban spaces on the Pacific Rim. This reflexive, situated, and interdisciplinary account offers an alternative perspective to the abstract and economistic analyses that dominate our understanding of globalization and urban change. It will be of value to human geographers, urban planners, sociologists, anthropologists, architects, economists, and political scientists; all with an interest in the processes that are reshaping the modern city."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Oxford geographical and environmental studies
- Uniform Title
- Oxford geographical and environmental studies
- Subject
- Urban economics
- City planning
- Globalization
- City Planning
- globalism
- urban planning
- 74.72 urban planning
- City planning
- Globalization
- Urban economics
- Globalisierung
- Stadtentwicklung
- Verstädterung
- Stadsplanning
- Stedelijke economie
- Internationalisatie
- Projets d'architecture > Chine > Shanghai (Chine)
- Projets d'architecture > Canada > Vancouver (Canada)
- Capitalistes et financiers > Chine > Hong Kong (Chine)
- Urbanisme > Pacifique (région)
- Mondialisation
- Économie urbaine > Cas, Etudes de
- Pazifischer Raum
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [266]-301) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction: Globalizing Networks, Globalizing Cities -- 2. Globalization and the Development of Pacific Rim Mega-Projects -- 3. The Social Construction of Global Flows -- 4. Liquid Assets: Producing the Pacific Rim Consumptionscape in Vancouver, Canada -- Sect. 1. Situating the Actors: Hong Kong-Based Chinese Business Systems and Property Development -- Sect. 2. The Historical Context -- 5. Liquid Images: Producing the Global Finanscape in Shanghai, China -- Sect. 1. Situating the Actors: The Global Intelligence Corps, Architecture, and Property Development -- Sect. 2. The Historical Context -- 6. Some Final Thoughts.
- ISBN
- 0198233612
- 9780198233619
- 0199256969
- 9780199256969
- LCCN
- 00058038
- OCLC
- ocm44579019
- 44579019
- SCSB-14654687
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library