Globalization and the City: Two Connected Phenomena in Past and Present

• Main Author: Exenberger, Andreas (auth)
• Other Authors: Strobl, Philipp (auth), Bischof, Günter (auth), Mokhiber, James (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: innsbruck university press 2013
• Subjects: Social & cultural history; Globalization; Economics; Development economics & emerging economies; global network; globalgeschichte; globalization; globale netzwerke; globalisierung; multidimensionaler urbaner raum; multidimensional urban spaces; global history; Vienna; Zanzibar
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

"The world today is far less a global village than a "global city", as global network of multidimensional urban spaces of congestion prominently forming - and also formed by - globalization. But the relevance of cities is nothing but new. They were essential for culture and civilizati...