The Globalized City
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| The Globalized City: Economic Restructing and Social Polarization in European Cities | |
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| Author | Frank Moulaert, Arantxa Rodriguez, Erik Swyngedouw |
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| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Series | Oxford Geographical and Environmental Studies Series |
| Subject(s) | Globalization |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Publication date | 25 March 2005 |
| Pages | 304 |
| ISBN | 978-0199260409 |
The Globalized City: Economic Restructing and Social Polarization in European Cities is an edited book that provides discussions and case studies on a number of large-scale Urban Development Projects in nine European cities. It also analyses the aspects of social exclusion, emergence of new urban elites, and the consolidation of less democratic forms of urban governance.
[edit] Brief summary
The book offers an in-depth analysis to the linkages between urban restructuring and social exclusion within the backdrop of the emerging trends of urban governance across the European Union, inciting neo-liberal and New Urban policies that increasingly favour private investments and deregulation of labour markets. The aim here is to indicate the relationship between new urban spaces with the emergence of new forms of polity, economy, and urban life that may not necessarily promote social harmony within the metropolitan areas.
[edit] The case studies
The nine case studies selected in the book identify a number of large-scale Urban Development Projects (UDPs) and look into the respective variation of governance systems at different scales. They also indicate how these "local" projects reflect global trends, institutional forms and strategic practices. The nine mega-projects include:
- The Europeanization of Brussels
- The Guggenheim museum in Bilbao
- The financial district in Dublin
- The science-university-technology complex 'Adlershof' in Berlin
- The 1998 World Expo in Lisbon
- The Olympic Games bid by Athens
- The Donau City in Vienna
- The Oresund project in Copenhagen, and
- The new business district in Naples.
Actually these case studies show the discourse in beliefs that urban mega-projects and events are vital for city developments.
