Constructing Metropolitan Space: Actors, Policies and Processes of Rescaling in World Metropolises

ISBN-13: 9780815380856 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 234 str.

Jill Simone Gross; Enrico Gualini; Lin Ye

Opis

This volume is intended as a contribution to the establishment of a globally comparative analysis of the construction of metropolitan spaces and scales under conditions of globalization and neoliberalization.

Spis treści

Part 1: Introduction Chapter 1: Introduction: Actors, Policies and Processes in the Construction of Metropolitan Space: Conceptual and Analytical Issues Part 2: Constructing Metropolitan Space in World Cities: Case Studies Chapter 2: Berlin as an ‘Implicit’ Metropolitan Space: Contradictions in the Institutional Construction of Scale Chapter 3: Contrasting the Spatial and Political Dimensions of Rescaling in Metropolitan Delhi Chapter 4: The Governance of Istanbul Metropolitan Development: The Role of the State and the Private Sector Chapter 5: Contesting the Region: Transportation and the Politics of Scale in New York Chapter 6: Paris, a Contested Construction of Metropolitan Space Chapter 7: Economic Actors at Odds with the Metropolis: Rio de Janeiro in the Context of Mega-events Chapter 8: The Uncertain Metropolization of Rome: Economy, Space and Governance Chapter 9: Urban Strategies for Extended Metropolises in Shenzhen and the Pearl River Delta: State-Firm Dynamics in Anchoring the New Metropolitan Center Part 3: Findings and Conclusions Chapter 10: The Construction of Metropolitan Space: Comparative Lessons