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Uniform Title Städte im Umbruch. English.
Title Cities in transition : globalization, political change and urban development / edited by Rita Schneider-Sliwa.

Publication Info. Dordrecht : Springer, ©2006.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  307.76 S777C    Check Shelf
Edition 1st ed.
Description xi, 333 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series The geojournal library ; 83
GeoJournal library ; 83.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Theoretical framework -- Global and local forces in cities undergoing political change / Rita Schneider-Sliwa -- Geographical contexts -- Berlin : coping with the past--looking ahead / Karl Lenz -- The political geography of an eternal city : ethno-territorial fragmentation in a "united" Jerusalem / David Newman -- Power transferred -- Hong Kong : China's global city / Werner Breitung -- Sarajevo : isolation in a country falling apart / Dušan Šimko -- Ideology collapsed -- Moscow : capital of a decimated world power / Jörg Stadelbauer -- St. Petersburg : kiosks as mediators of the new market economy / Alexander Papadopoulos and Konstantin Axenov -- Johannesburg : life after apartheid / Jürgen Bähr and Ulrich Jürgens -- Horizons expanded -- New perspectives for Vienna : repositioning between East and West / Andrea Kampschulte -- Brussels : pseudo-capital of Europe. Perspectives of Belgium's global city in-the-making / Alexander Papadopoulos -- Development handicapped -- Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City : the long struggle of two cities, recovering from endless war / Rudolf Marr -- Synopsis -- Global change and local reality / Rita Schneider-Sliwa -- Authors' vitae.
Subject Cities and towns -- Growth.
Globalization.
Cities and towns -- Growth. (OCoLC)fst00861781
Globalization. (OCoLC)fst00943532
Stedelijke ontwikkeling.
Stedelijk beleid.
Stedelijke economie.
Stadtentwicklung (DE-588)4056730-8
Politischer Wandel (DE-588)4175047-0
Added Author Schneider-Sliwa, Rita, editor.
Other Form: Online version: Städte im Umbruch. English. Cities in transition. Dordrecht : Springer, ©2006 (OCoLC)607743312
Online version: Städte im Umbruch. English. Cities in transition. Dordrecht : Springer, ©2006 (OCoLC)607849106
ISBN 1402038666
9781402038662
1402038674 (e-book)
9781402038679 (e-book)
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