Managing Global Risks in the Urban Age: Singapore and the Making of a Global City
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1. Verfasser: Heng, Yee-Kuang (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Farnham Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2015
Schriftenreihe:Rethinking Asia and international relations
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Beschreibung:Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Urban Order, Global Risks; 2 Mobilities, Flows and Infrastructures: The Making of Global City Singapore; 3 Financial Centres as Portals of Global Financial Risks; 4 Connectivity Hurts: Premier Airports as Gateways of Global Risk; 5 Major Port Hubs and the Circulation of Global Maritime Risks; 6 Global Cities: Premium Sites and Paragons of Global Risk Management?; Bibliography; Index
The first full-length exposition of what it terms a global city-global risks nexus, this volume crosses disciplinary boundaries to draw upon research from Security Studies; Geography; Sociology; and Urban Studies. Innovative in its approach integrating theories about Global Cities with those positing a Global Risk Society, Yee-Kuang Heng positions this research in the midst of two concurrent global trends that will gain more significance in coming years. The world is experiencing the consequences of not only rapid globalisation, but also urbanization. In 2008, the UN declared that more than h
Beschreibung:245 pages
ISBN:9781472448002
1472448006

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