Machine generated contents note: 1. Comparing Cities in Relations -- Relating Hanoi, Ouagadougou ... and Palermo -- A Brief Introduction to Two Distant Cousins -- World-city Research Beyond the West -- Relational Geographies -- Comparing Cities -- The Structure of the Book -- 2. Trajectories of Urban Change in Two Ordinary Cities -- Regime Change in Hanoi and Ouagadougou -- Forms of Relatedness -- Conclusion -- 3. Transnational Policy Relations -- Mobile Planners and City Networks -- Concrete and Paper in Hanoi's Urban Development -- Ouagadougou's Competing Worlds of Policy Relations -- Conclusion -- 4. Public Space Policies on the Move -- A Repertoire of Translocal Connections -- Public Space: Understandings, Practices and Things
Summary
Cities in Relations advances a novel way of thinking about urban transformation by focusing on transnational relations in the least developed countries. Examines the last 20 years of urban development in Hanoi, Vietnam, and in Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoConsiders the ways in which a city's relationships with other places influences its urban developmentProvides fresh ideas for comparative urban studies that move beyond discussions of economic and policy factorsOffers a clear and concise narrative accompanied by more than 45 photos and maps</ul
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-195) and index
