Urban World/Global City

This second edition has been extensively updated and referenced. Each chapter includes sets of learning objectives, annotated readings, and topics for discussion. Well-illustrated throughout, it will be essential reading for students of Geography, Sociology and Development Studies and all who seek an understanding of how the urban world has evolved and how it will change in the twenty-first century.

David Clark is Professor of Urban Geography at Coventry University.

List of plates

viii

List of figures

x

List of tables

xii

List of boxes

xiv

Preface

xvii

Chapter 1 Global patterns and perspectives

1

(17)

Introduction

1

(4)

Studying the urban world

5

(3)

A global economy?

8

(4)

A global society?

12

(1)

Globalisation debates

13

(3)

Conclusion

16

(1)

Recommended reading

16

(1)

Topics for discussion

17

(1)

Chapter 2 Urban populations and places

18

(30)

Introduction

18

(1)

The contemporary urban world

19

(6)

A world of towns and cities

25

(7)

City size distributions and the global urban hierarchy

32

(6)

Economic theories of urban formation

38

(6)

Social theories of urban formation

44

(1)

Conclusion

45

(1)

Recommended reading

46

(1)

Topics for discussion

47

(1)

Chapter 3 Urban growth and urbanisation: historical patterns

48

(39)

Introduction

48

(2)

Urban growth

50

(6)

Urbanisation

56

(6)

Stages of urban development

62

(4)

Reasons for urban growth and urbanisation

66

(5)

Stages of global urban development

71

(5)

Urbanisation in a capitalist world economy

76

(8)

Conclusion

84

(1)

Recommended reading

85

(1)

Topics for discussion

86

(1)

Chapter 4 Urban development as a global phenomenon

87

(24)

Introduction

87

(4)

The new global economic order

91

(7)

Global finance

98

(2)

Global services

100

(1)

The new political geography

101

(1)

The urbanisation of the developing world

102

(6)

Conclusion

108

(1)

Recommended reading

109

(1)

Topics for discussion

110

(1)

Chapter 5 Socio-economic consequences of global urban development

111

(23)

Introduction

111

(3)

The urban informal sector

114

(5)

Shanty towns

119

(6)

Service provision

125

(2)

Health

127

(4)

Conclusion

131

(1)

Recommended reading

131

(1)

Topics for discussion

132

(2)

Chapter 6 Urban culture and global urban society

134

(22)

Introduction

134

(3)

Culture and community in an aspatial world

137

(6)

Global media services

143

(3)

Urban imagery and values

146

(2)

Global urban culture or cultures?

148

(4)

Conclusion

152

(1)

Recommended reading

153

(2)

Topics for discussion

155

(1)

Chapter 7 World cities

156

(35)

Introduction

156

(3)

The hierarchy of world cities

159

(4)

The growth and activities of the institutions of global capital

163

(6)

The concentration of command and control

169

(3)

Business information and decision-making

172

(6)

Increasing global reach

178

(3)

Representing and promoting places as world cities

181

(5)

Tokyo as an example of a world city

186

(2)

Conclusion

188

(1)

Recommended reading

189

(1)

Topics for discussion

190

(1)

Chapter 8 The future urban world

191

(26)

Introduction

191

(1)

The urban future

192

(6)

Issues of sustainability

198

(2)

Urban sustainability

200

(8)

Managing the urban future

208

(4)

Conclusion

212

(3)

Recommended reading

215

(1)

Topics for discussion

216

(1)

Appendix: Urban sources, definitions and data

217

(6)

Definitions

217

(3)

Data

220

(2)

Recommended reading

222

(1)

References

223

(9)

Index

232

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