Title: The making of global city regions : Johannesburg, Mumbai/Bombay, São Paulo, and Shanghai /
Authors: Segbers, Klaus.; Raiser, Simon.; Volkmann, Krister.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Cities and towns Case studies; Globalization.
Contents: Introduction: global politics and the making of global city regions / Klaus Segbers -- City regions between their legacies and the global context. Johannesburg: (South) Africa's aspirant global city / Alan Mabin ; Mumbai: the mega-city of a poor country / Sujata Patel ; São Paulo: the metropolis of an elite society / Csaba Deák and Sueli Schiffer ; Shanghai: the evolution of China's future global city / Weiping Wu -- Who runs the city?: the 'makers' of global city regions. Politics of transformation: defining the city strategy in Johannesburg / Susan Parnell ; Formal and informal structures of power in Mumbai / Jim Masselos ; Legitimating power structures in São Paulo / Sueli Schiffer and Csaba Deák ; From "state-owned" to "city inc.": the case of Shanghai / Fulong Wu -- Contested future: discourses and images in city regions. The discourse of governance in post-apartheid Johannesburg / Robert A. Beauregard and Richard Tomlinson ; Versions of a postcolonial metropolis: competing discourses on Bombay's image / Ranjit Hoskote ; Two cities in one: diverse images of São Paulo / Pedro Jacobi ; Shaping perceptions of Shanghai: discourses, images, and visions / Zhongxin Sun -- Comments by senior officials. Johannesburg / Roland Hunter ; Mumbai/Bombay / Vidyadhar K. Phatak ; São Paulo / Jorge Wilheim ; Shanghai / Zhu Linchu -- Conclusion: challenges ahead for the southern contenders / Simon Raiser and Krister Volkmann.