Constructing Metropolitan Space - Actors, Policies and Processes of Rescaling in World Metropolises

This volume is intended as a contribution to the establishment of a globally comparative analysis of the construction of metropolitan spaces and scales under conditions of globalization and neoliberalization.

List of contents

Part 1: Introduction Chapter 1: Introduction: Actors, Policies and Processes in the Construction of Metropolitan Space: Conceptual and Analytical Issues Part 2: Constructing Metropolitan Space in World Cities: Case Studies Chapter 2: Berlin as an 'Implicit' Metropolitan Space: Contradictions in the Institutional Construction of Scale Chapter 3: Contrasting the Spatial and Political Dimensions of Rescaling in Metropolitan Delhi Chapter 4: The Governance of Istanbul Metropolitan Development: The Role of the State and the Private Sector Chapter 5: Contesting the Region: Transportation and the Politics of Scale in New York Chapter 6: Paris, a Contested Construction of Metropolitan Space Chapter 7: Economic Actors at Odds with the Metropolis: Rio de Janeiro in the Context of Mega-events Chapter 8: The Uncertain Metropolization of Rome: Economy, Space and Governance Chapter 9: Urban Strategies for Extended Metropolises in Shenzhen and the Pearl River Delta: State-Firm Dynamics in Anchoring the New Metropolitan Center Part 3: Findings and Conclusions Chapter 10: The Construction of Metropolitan Space: Comparative Lessons

About the author

Jill Simone Gross is Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Policy and Planning at Hunter College, City University of New York.
Enrico Gualini is Professor at the Institute of Urban and Regional Planning of TU Berlin - Berlin University of Technology.
Lin Ye is Professor at the School of Government of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou.

Summary

This volume is intended as a contribution to the establishment of a globally comparative analysis of the construction of metropolitan spaces and scales under conditions of globalization and neoliberalization.

Product details

• Authors: Jill Gualini Simone Gross
• Assisted by: Enrico Gualini (Editor), Gualini Enrico (Editor), Jill Simone Gross (Editor), Lin Ye (Editor), Ye Lin (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.11.2018
• EAN: 9780815380856
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-8085-6
• No. of pages: 234
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, Urban & municipal planning, Science / Environmental Science, Human Geography, Urban and municipal planning and policy