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Urban empires

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  • DDC: 307.76 (Assigner: dlc)
  • LCC: HT119 .U6913 2020 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: uba)

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"We live in the 'urban century'. Cities all over the world - in both developing and developed countries - display complex evolutionary patterns. Urban Empires: Cities as Global Rulers in the New Urban World charts the backgrounds, mechanisms, drivers, and consequences of these radical changes in our contemporary systems from a global perspective and analyses the dominant position of modern cities in the 'New Urban World'. This volume takes a broad perspective on the drastic role change of large cities in our global network society. This book works to provide advanced analytical contributions - from both a theoretical and applied perspective - to the competitive profile of urban agglomerations in a globalizing world. It traces and investigates the economic and political drivers of network cities in a global context and explores the governance challenges presented by mega-cities. It also works to identify and map out the new geography of the emerging 'urban century'. With contributions from well-known scholars from around the world, Urban Empires serves as a touchstone for exploring the scientific and policy needs of cities as the new global power centers which will of use to both students and professionals"-- Provided by publisher.

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  • Date: 2026-09-11T20:12:21.077137+00:00
  • Agent: cbc
  • Status: c
  • Derived from: 21509896

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  • Date: 2026-09-11
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  • Description language: eng
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