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After two decades of evolution and transformation, London had become one of the most open and cosmopolitan cities in the world. The success of the 2012 Olympics

The World’s Cities offers instructors and students in higher education an accessible introduction to the three major perspectives influencing city-regions wor

A historian recounts the unlikely rise of a world capital, and how its understanding of Asia played a key role. If one had looked for a potential global city in

Cities around the world are striving to be 'global'. This book tells the story of one of them, and in so doing raises questions of identity, place and political