Cities in Transformation - Transformation in Cities: Social and Symbolic Change of Urban SpaceOve Källtorp Many cities in different parts of the world have experienced a fundamental economic, cultural and social transformation in recent decades. This volume addresses the global processes of urban transformation empirically and theoretically in a number of case studies of particular cities. The papers cover a range of research in terms of space, time and aspects of urban reality. Some case studies focus on urban life in the context of economic and social structure, or urban renewal in the context of national and local politics. Others deal more specifically with the interrelations between culture, economy and space. The academic focus is variously sociology, political science, economy, geography and architecture. |
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Globalisation and differentiation | 13 |
The urban regions mediation of the class structure | 36 |
The neglected builder of global cities | 51 |
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