Cities and economies
By: by Yeong-Hyun Kim and John Rennie Short.
Contributors: Short, John R.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780415365734; 9780415365741; 9780203018279
Subjects: Urban economics; Sociology, Urban; Cities and towns -- History; Globalization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cities and economies; title: Mercantile cities and European colonialism; title: The rise and fall of industrial cities; title: Service industries and metropolitan economies; title: Globalization and world cities; title: Globalization and globalizing cities; title: New solutions for old economies; title: Third world cities; title: World city projects for national capitals; title: Globalizing islands in developing countries.