Global Cities

Past, Present and Future
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-93-5388-302-7
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 440 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 560 g

Reihe: SAGE China Studies

The pivotal nodes in the world city network are global cities---cities of supreme strategic value in global economy and politics, science and technology, culture, and society. Global Cities: Past, Present and Future explores the evolution of global cities---their formation, rise, development and tendencies. This book summarizes and interprets global tendencies and also puts forward a theoretical framework that will help researchers understand these cities better. It also makes a compelling case for understanding every city in terms of evolutionary dynamics.

The first eight chapters of the book discuss the ontology of global city evolution and patterns, forms and trends of development. The last two chapters study the case of Shanghai, which aims to build itself into an important global city by 2050. This case study illustrates the shaping of a new type of global city that demonstrates new characteristics of the globalized space.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zhenhua, ZHOU

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Literature Review
Global Cities Research
The Studies of Global Space
Studies on the World City Network
Dynamic Evolution Research
Definition of Global Cities
Methodology of Conceptualization
Global City Paradigm
Clarification of Some Confusing Concepts
Evolutionary Ontology and Its Core Category
Ontology of Global Cities
The Core Category
Connected Spaces
Evolution Framework: World City Network
Complex Interlocking Network Model
Network Structure
Evolutionary Dynamics
Framework of Dynamics
Influencing Factors
Evolutionary Process
Evolutionary Model
Dominant Model of Evolution
Diversity in Evolution (Types)
Evolutionary Tendencies of Global Cities
Evolutionary Tendencies Based on Network Intensification
Evolution Trend Based on the Isotropic World City Network
The Evolution of Space
Space Expansion
Evolutionary Trend of Spatial Expansion Processes
A Case Study of ‘Shanghai 2050’ Global City Vision (Part I)
Strategic Drive: Prospects of Globalization
Strategic Opportunities: Reshaping of World Pattern
The Rise of China as Strategic Support
Shanghai’s Endogenous Foundation for Global Cities Evolution
A Case Study of ‘Shanghai 2050’ Global City Vision (Part II)
Prospects of Shanghai’s Evolution to a Global City
Shanghai’s Vision of Becoming a Global City
Core Functions of Shanghai as a Global City
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Zhenhua, ZHOU
ZHOU Zhenhua is currently the Dean of Shanghai Institute for Global City, the People’s Republic of China. He is an economist and was, until recently, the Director of the Development Research Center, Shanghai Municipal People’s Government. He is also the President of Shanghai Economic Society. He graduated from Mudanjiang Teachers College in 1982 and Fujian Normal University in 1985, receiving a bachelor’s degree in law and a master’s degree in economics, respectively. During 1985–1987, he taught at the Department of Economics in Nanjing University. He completed his doctorate in Economics from Renmin University of China, in 1990.

ZHOU has taught and served as the Deputy Director at the Institute of Economic Research, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. For about three decades, he has been engaged in the study of urban development strategies and policies and has published several books and journal articles. The books he has published include: The Development of Service Economy: A General Trend of the Changing Economy in China (2015) and the edited volume World City: International Lessons and Shanghai’s Development (2004).