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Author Acuto, Michele, 1984- author.

Title How to build a global city : recognizing the symbolic power of a global urban imagination / Michele Acuto
Published Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021
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Description 1 online resource (243 pages) : illustrations
Contents Speaking of global cities -- The idea(s) -- The debate(s) -- The rise -- The trajectory -- The distinction -- The leadership -- The governance -- The strategies -- The cityzens -- The comparisons -- Symbolic entrepreneurs
Summary "How to Build a Global City investigates how key ideas underpinning the concept of the global city have driven the growth of Singapore, Sydney, and Dubai, and what the symbolic power of these notions are for today's global urbanism"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis power cities of the world, global cities rankings, What is urban entrepreneurialism is Dubai a global city, is Sydney a global city, is Singapore a global city
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 21, 2021)
Subject Cities and towns.
Globalization -- Social aspects
Globalization -- Political aspects
Globalization -- Singapore
Globalization -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.)
Globalization -- United Arab Emirates -- Dubai
Cities
cities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
Cities and towns
Globalization
Globalization -- Political aspects
Globalization -- Social aspects
New South Wales -- Sydney
Singapore
United Arab Emirates -- Dubai
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021021958
ISBN 9781501759710
150175971X
9781501759727
1501759728