Diversity is the underlying thesis to these essays, written in response to a symposium of the same name as the book held at State University of New York in 1992. The scholars take a look at world cit
Recent years have witnessed a surge in public awareness concerning the impact of world economic forces on cities. In this challenging book, the author argues that though the consciousness is new the p
Classic representations of the city have focused on simplistic urban dichotomies such as renewal or decline, poverty or prosperity, and vice or vigor. We are left with the question of what actually c
This book brings together a series of new and historical case studies to show how different phases of globalization are transforming the built environment. Taking a broad interdisciplinary approach, t
The Study focuses on the social and, more especially, the cultural processes governing colonial urban development and develops a theory and methodology to do this.The author demonstrates how the physi
Few countries have been so transformed in recent decades as China. With a dynamically growing economy and a rapidly changing social structure, China challenges the West to understand the nature of its
