Cities and Economic Change: Restructuring and Dislocation in the Global Metropolis

ISBN-13: 9781847879394 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 320 str.

Ronan Paddison

Opis

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.

Recenzje

An invaluable text for all those interested in cities and economic change. Empirically grounded, theoretically informed, and written in a highly accessible way to help students understand processes underlying the changing urban economy, urban governance, and the role of place. In a world of many texts, this one deserves a place on the bookshelves. Lily Kong

Spis treści

Introduction: Cities and Economic Change - Ronan Paddison and Tom Hutton
Processes
Cities, Technology and Economic Change - Kenneth E. Corey, Mark I. Wilson and Peilei Fan
Cities and Rescaling - John Harrison
New Economies, New Spaces - Stefan Kratke
Redundant and Marginalized Spaces - Ivan Turok
Splintering Labour Markets - Danny MacKinnon
Informal Economies - Colin Williams
Steering the Urban Economy
Boostering, 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
Reflections
Theories of Place and a Place for Theories - K.C. Ho
Epilogue: Economic Change, Globalising Cities and the New Urban Order - Tom Hutton

O autorze

Ronan Paddison is Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of Glasgow. His research interests focus on the political processes driving urban change and, in particular, under what conditions local participation can contribute to the making of more inclusive and democratic cities. Recent projects have included the role of community participation in the installation of public art, and the limitations to public participation in the post-political city. He is Managing Editor of Urban Studies and of Space and Polity.

Tom Hutton is Professor in the Centre for Human Settlements, School of Community & Regional Planning, Faculty of Applied Science at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. His principal research interests are in the 'new economy'. Besides editing (or co-editing) special journal issues dealing with the new economy, his recent publications  include The New Economy of the Inner City (Routledge, 2008/2010), Cities and the Cultural Economy (Routledge, 2014) ; and New Economic Spaces in Asian Cities: from industrial restructuring to the cultural turn (Routledge 2012; co-edited with Peter Daniels and K C Ho).