A World in Emergence : Cities and Regions in the 21st Century
Allen J. Scott
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Cheltenham : : Edward Elgar Publishing, , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (240 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; 1. A brief historical geography of capitalism; 2. On urbanization and urban theory; 3. Toward a new economy: technology, labor, globalization; 4. Economic geography and the world system; 5. Emerging cities of the third wave; 6. Human capital and the urban hierarchy; 7. Symbolic analysts and the service underclass; 8. Social milieu and built form of the city; 9. Interstitial geographies: the cultural economy of landscape; 10. Cosmopolis; 11. Brave new world?; References; Index. - This innovative volume offers an in-depth analysis of the many ways in which new forms of capitalism in the 21st century are affecting and altering the processes of urbanization. Beginning with the recent history of capitalism and urbanization and moving into a thorough and complex discussion of the modern city, this book outlines the dynamics of what the author calls the third wave of urbanization, characterized by global capitalism's increasing turn to forms of production revolving around technology-intensive artifacts, financial services, and creative commodities such as film, music, and fa
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| Dewey | 307.760905 . - 307.7609
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| ISBN | 9781781009307
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