Beschreibung:
This groundbreaking book establishes a new framework for thinking about urban development and crosses the longstanding divide in urban scholarship and urban policy, between Western and other cities.
Introduction; Chapter 1 Dislocating modernity; Chapter 2 Re-imagining the city through comparative urbanism; Chapter 3 Ways of being modern; Chapter 4 World cities, or a world of ordinary cities?; Chapter 5 Bringing the city bock in; Chapter 6 City Futures;