Global City Typologies explores the historical, cultural, and socio-economic transactional forces in the development of existing cities through to newly planned and emerging cities. Individual chapters address different sets and typologies of global cities to analyse their comparative evolution and standing today.
Global City Typologies explores the historical, cultural, and socio-economic transactional forces in the development of existing cities through to newly planned and emerging cities. Individual chapters address different sets and typologies of global cities to analyse their comparative evolution and standing today.
Nigel C. Lewis is a consulting engineer, planner and designer who has practised in the UK, and across western and central Europe, the mid-East, Africa, Asia and the USA. As part of multi-disciplinary design and building teams, he has been responsible for the planning, design and realisation of both private and publicly financed facilities and urban infrastructure.
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PART I - INTRODUCTION and URBAN THEORY PART II - ESTABLISHED HISTORIC CITIES 2.0 Introduction - Historic Cities 2.1 Imperial Cities 2.2 Theistic Cities 2.3 Former Capital Cities 2.4 Historic European Capital Cities 2.5 Academic and Ecclesiastic European Cities PART III - EARLY TRADING CITIES 3.0 Introduction - Early Trading Cities 3.1 Mercantile Port Cities 3.2 Lowland, Hanseatic, Baltic, and Scandinavian Port Cities 3.3 Maritime Cities 3.4 Island Cities 3.5 Mountain Cities PART IV - PLANNED CITIES 4.0 Introduction - Planned Cities 4.1 Former Soviet and Eastern European Cities 4.2 Divided Cities 4.3 Industrial & De-industrialised Cities 4.4 Modern American Cities 4.5 New Capital Cities PART V - EMERGING GLOBAL CITIES 5.0 Introduction - Emerging Global Cities 5.1 Innovative Cities 5.2 Trans-National Global Cities 5.3 Mega African Cities 5.4 Mega South American Cities 5.5 Mega Asian Cities PART VI - MEGALOPOLITAN AGGLOMERATIONS 6.0 Megalopolitan Agglomerations 6.1 Megalopolitan Europe 6.2 Megalopolitan Americas 6.3 Megalopolitan Japan 6.4 Megalopolitan India 6.5 Megalopolitan China PART VII - SUMMARY 7.0 Synopsis Bibliography & Further Reading
PART I - INTRODUCTION and URBAN THEORY PART II - ESTABLISHED HISTORIC CITIES 2.0 Introduction - Historic Cities 2.1 Imperial Cities 2.2 Theistic Cities 2.3 Former Capital Cities 2.4 Historic European Capital Cities 2.5 Academic and Ecclesiastic European Cities PART III - EARLY TRADING CITIES 3.0 Introduction - Early Trading Cities 3.1 Mercantile Port Cities 3.2 Lowland, Hanseatic, Baltic, and Scandinavian Port Cities 3.3 Maritime Cities 3.4 Island Cities 3.5 Mountain Cities PART IV - PLANNED CITIES 4.0 Introduction - Planned Cities 4.1 Former Soviet and Eastern European Cities 4.2 Divided Cities 4.3 Industrial & De-industrialised Cities 4.4 Modern American Cities 4.5 New Capital Cities PART V - EMERGING GLOBAL CITIES 5.0 Introduction - Emerging Global Cities 5.1 Innovative Cities 5.2 Trans-National Global Cities 5.3 Mega African Cities 5.4 Mega South American Cities 5.5 Mega Asian Cities PART VI - MEGALOPOLITAN AGGLOMERATIONS 6.0 Megalopolitan Agglomerations 6.1 Megalopolitan Europe 6.2 Megalopolitan Americas 6.3 Megalopolitan Japan 6.4 Megalopolitan India 6.5 Megalopolitan China PART VII - SUMMARY 7.0 Synopsis Bibliography & Further Reading
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