Urban Empires by Edward Glaeser, Karima Kourtit, Peter Nijkamp - 9781138601710

Taylor & Francis

Urban EmpiresCities as Global Rulers in the New Urban World\nAuthor(s): Edward Glaeser, Karima Kourtit, Peter Nijkamp\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138601710, 978-1138601710\nSynopsis\nWe live in the urban century. Cities all over the world in both developing and developed countries display complex evolutionary patterns. Urban Empires 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.\n\nThis volume views the drastic change cities have undergone internationally through a broad perspective and considers their emerging roles in our global network society. Chapters from renowned scholars provide advanced analytical contributions, scaling applied and theoretical perspectives on the competitive profile of urban agglomerations in a globalizing world..