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U21 Global Cities/Local Sites

Douglas Tallack (ed.)

A multi-media collection of essays on seven world cities, in which key global issues--flows of information, images, people and products--are explored through the analysis of local sites.

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A multi-media collection of essays on seven world cities, in which key global issues--flows of information, images, people and products--are explored through the analysis of local sites. These issues include new forms of social and cultural mix, new urban projects (often reworkings of historical locations), new forms of urban practice in public space, and new or stubbornly traditional but subtly reconfigured discursive formations.

Essays in this eBook:-
- Singapore 'Missions': Local Heritage Sites in a Global Era by Lily Kong
- Global and Local Forces at Work in Vancouver: The Fascinating Case of the Birth and Rebirth of Coal Harbour by David W.Edgington and Michael A. Goldberg
- The Politics of Urban Spectable: Melbourne Riverscapes by Kim Dovey
- eBay and Google in Dublin by Brian Ward and Hugh Campbell
- The Palace, the Terminal and the Park: Three Blocks in the Middle of Montreal by Will Straw
- Jakarta and the Limits of Urban Legibility by Stephen Cairns
- New York City: The View from Governors Island by Douglas Tallack

Website: www.u21onlinebooks.com

978-0-522-85718-4