Cities & economic change : restructuring and dislocation in the global metropolis
by
 
Paddison, Ronan.

Title
Cities & economic change : restructuring and dislocation in the global metropolis

Author
Paddison, Ronan.

ISBN
9781847879387
 
9781847879394

Physical Description
xiv, 299 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

General Note
Formerly CIP.

Contents
Introduction: Cities and economic change / Ronan Paddison and Tom Hutton -- Section I: Processes -- Cities, technologies and economic change / Kenneth E. Corey, Mark I. Wilson and Peilei Fan -- Cities and rescaling / John Harrison -- New economies, new spaces / Stefan Krätke -- Redundant and marginalized spaces / Ivan Turok -- Splintering labour markets / Danny MacKinnon -- Informal economies / Colin C. Williams -- Section 2: Steering the urban economy -- Boosterism, brokerage and uneasy bedfellows : networked urban governance and the emergence of post-political orthodoxy / Iain Deas and Nicola Headlam -- The resilient city : on the determinants of successful urban economies / Mario Polèse -- Imagineering the city / Marguerite van den Berg -- Inclusivity / Edgar Pieterse -- Urban economic development and environmental sustainability / Mark Whitehead -- Section 3: Reflections -- Theories of place and a place for theories / K.C. Ho -- Epilogue: Economic change, globalizing cities and the new urban order / Tom Hutton.

Abstract
Cities and Economic change is a much-needed textbook, combining a sound theoretical grounding with an empirical overview of the urban economy. Specific references are made to key emergent processes and debates including splintered labour markets, informal economies, consumption, a comparative discussion of North and South, and quantitative aspects of globalization. The text is clear and readable with pedagogical features and illustrative case studies integrated throughout. The use of boxes for city examples, key questions for discussion at the end of main chapters together with suggested readings, key web sites are designed to aid learning and understanding.

Subject Term
Urban economics -- Textbooks.

Added Author
Paddison, Ronan.
 
Hutton, Tom (Professor)


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