Cities in a World Economy, Fifth Edition examines the emergence of global cities as a new
social formation. As sites of rapid and widespread developments in the areas of finance …

In the rapidly growing literatures on globalisation, many authors have emphasised the
apparent disembedding of social relations from their local-territorial pre-conditions …

This article examines the changing relationship between global cities and territorial states in
contemporary Europe, and outlines some of its implications for the geography of world …

The master images in the currently dominant account of economic globalization emphasize
hypermobility, global communications, and the neutralization of place and distance. There is …

Democracy, Citizenship and the Global City focuses on the controversial, neglected theme
of citizenship. It examines the changing role of citizens; their rights, obligations and …

This paper analyses recent developments in urban planning in the City of Toronto. A
municipality of 2.4 million inhabitants that makes up the inner half of the Greater Toronto …

The desire of governments for a'renaissance'of their cities is a defining feature of
contemporary urban policy. From Melbourne and Toronto to Johannesburg and Istanbul …

The question of scale and of level implies a multiplicity of scales and levels, and thus a
hierarchical stratified morphology.... The choice of scale has a particular importance in this …

In recent years, the concept of planetary urbanization has provoked a widespread debate. It
is grounded upon a basic hypothesis: that the contemporary urbanizing world cannot be …

The International Labour Organization has a long-standing interest and experience in
dealing with the informal sector. In fact, the informal sector was the subject of a major report …