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Today is a new metropolitan age and for the first time ever more people live in cities than they do anywhere else. As cities strengthen their international and cultural influence, the global world is acted out most articulately in the world's urban hubs — through its diverse cultures, broad networks and innovative styles of governance. Looking at the city through its internal dynamics, the book examines how governance and cultural policy play out in a national and international framework.
Making a truly global contribution to the literature, editors Isar and Anheier bring together a truly international and highly-respected collection of scholars. In doing so, they skilfully steer debates beyond the city as an economic powerhouse, to cover issues that fully comprehend a city's cultural dynamics and its impact on policy including alternative economies, creativity, migration, diversity, sustainability, education and urban planning.
Innovative in its approach and content, this book is ideal for students, scholars and researchers interested in sociology, urban studies, cultural studies, and public policy.
City Networks and Rankings
City Networks and Rankings
- 1Global Buzz – Extent of Cities' Global Connectedness (Sep 2009 – Aug 2010)
- 2Sister City Relations (Selected dimensions and cities)
- 3Global Cities Index (selected cities; 2008 & 2010 and for Cultural Experience 2008)
- 4Cities of Opportunity (Selected dimensions and cities)
- 5Intercultural City Index (2010)
- 6Location of Selected INGOs: Foundation and Current Headquarter
- 7Public Projects Designed by the “Top 9” Architects of the Baunetz Ranking (2000–2011)
- 8Cultural consumption Price Index Estimates (Australian Cities, 2011)
- 9Satisfaction with Cultural Facilities such as Concert Halls, Theatres, Museums and Libraries in European Cities (2009)
- 10The Presence of Foreigners is Good for this City (percentage agreed) (2009)
Single cities are important. Equally important, however, important are the networks, relationships, comparisons, and so forth in which cities are embedded. As Saskia Sassen (1991) has ...
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