Urban Megaprojects A Worldwide View

The aim of this book is to understand the causes and consequences of new scales and forms of territorial restructuring in a steadily globalizing world by focusing on urban megaproject development. Contributions focus on the principal actors, institutions, and innovations that drive capitalist global...

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Main Author del Cerro Santamaria, Gerardo
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley Emerald Publishing Limited 2013
Emerald
Edition1
SeriesResearch in urban sociology
Subjects
Cities and towns
City planning
Management
Public works
Urban renewal
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Summary:The aim of this book is to understand the causes and consequences of new scales and forms of territorial restructuring in a steadily globalizing world by focusing on urban megaproject development. Contributions focus on the principal actors, institutions, and innovations that drive capitalist globalization, socio-economic and territorial restructuring, and global city formation by exploring the architectural design, planning, management, financing and impacts of urban megaprojects as well as their various socio- economic, political and cultural contexts. This is the first work on urban megaprojects to be global in scope, with chapters about Korea, Bilbao, Kuala Lumpur, Budapest, Milan, Abu Dhabi, New York, Paris, Sao Paulo, Beijing, Shanghai, Hamburg, Vienna, Detroit, Philadelphia, Stuttgart, Afghanistan and Mexico City. It is also the first work on the subject to include contributions from sociologists, planners, geographers and architects from top universities around the world, thus making it a truly multidisciplinary project.
ISBN:9781781905944
1781905940
9781781905937
1781905932
DOI:10.1108/S1047-0042(2013)13