Globalization and urbanization : the global urban ecosystem / James H. Spencer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spencer, James H., 1967- author.

Series:

Globalization (Lanham, Md.)

Globalization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban ecology (Sociology)--Cross-cultural studies.

Urban ecology (Sociology).

Urbanization--Cross-cultural studies.

Urbanization.

Urban policy--Cross-cultural studies.

Urban policy.

Cities and towns--Cross-cultural studies.

Cities and towns.

Globalization--Cross-cultural studies.

Globalization.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xi, 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

Summary:

During the past decade, the world reached the point of becoming more urban than not as the majority of people on the planet now live not in small towns or villages but in provincial, national, and global cities. James H. Spencer charts urbanization across the Global South and North, resulting in what he describes as a planetary global urban ecosystem. Spencer's vivid case studies of Addis Ababa, Ho Chi Minh City, Honolulu, and New York draw out the commonalities of our intertwined built and social environments and how they express a shared humanity across continents and cultures. Book jacket.

Contents:

Urbanization and the construction of the global urban ecosystem

Urban histories: arriving at the global urban ecosystem

Saigon's "do-your-timers": rural transformation and the urban transition in Saigon

"Do-your-timers" African style: Addis Ababa, the unlikely capital of Africa

The indigenous city? reconciling an old-timers' Honolulu with a global society

"For-all-timers": New York City's empire state of mind

The global urban ecosystem: a globally integrated ecology of everyday life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442214743

1442214740

9781442214750

1442214759

OCLC:

862589466