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Globalization and the Rise of Megacities in the Developing World
Thomas Friedman has argued in The World is Flat that those who deny rapid globalizationwill not survive in the global economy. In this paper the authors critically discuss Friedman’s views and highlight the new globalization driven by outsourcing and vertical specialization. Second, they argue that Friedman pays insufficient attention to […]
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Slum Formation or Urban Innovation? – Migrant Communities and Social Change in Chinese Megacities
“China’s economic success over the last 20-30 years has been accompanied by rapid urbanisation based mainly on rural-to-urban migration flows. Many observers expect highspeed urbanisation and massive population redistribution to continue for another one or two decades. Nevertheless, China seeks and claims to be pursuing a process of urbanisation that […]
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The Self-Culturalisation of the City: On the Transformation of Modern Urbanity in the ‘Creative City’
“The expression creative city is on everyone‟s lips. If there has been talk of a „Renaissance in cities‟ since the 1990s, then at the interface of political, media and social science debates, this is regularly linked with the concept of the „creative city‟. From the widely discussed revitalisation of Berlin‟s […]
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Scientists from Germany and Korea work on creating green mega cities
New building concepts and IT solutions for the mega city Seoul are supposed to save energy, cut pollution and make living in the city a more pleasant experience. Read more
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Megacities: Problems, Challenges and Chances
Diseases, housing and income are some of the problems, challenges and chances in mega cities. Read more