Urban Megaprojects
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Urban Megaprojects

A Worldwide View

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Urban Megaprojects

A Worldwide View

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The aim of this book is to understand the causes and consequences of new scales and forms of territorial restructuring in a steadily globalizing world by focusing on urban megaproject development. Contributions focus on the principal actors, institutions, and innovations that drive capitalist globalization, socio-economic and territorial restructuring, and global city formation by exploring the architectural design, planning, management, financing and impacts of urban megaprojects as well as their various socio-economic, political and cultural contexts. This is the first work on urban megaprojects to be global in scope, with chapters about Korea, Bilbao, Kuala Lumpur, Budapest, Milan, Abu Dhabi, New York, Paris, Sao Paulo, Beijing, Shanghai, Hamburg, Vienna, Detroit, Philadelphia, Stuttgart, Afghanistan and Mexico City. It is also the first work on the subject to include contributions from sociologists, planners, geographers and architects from top universities around the world, thus making it a truly multidisciplinary project.

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Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Year
2013
ISBN
9781781905944
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. FRONT COVER
  2. URBAN MEGAPROJECTS: A WORLDWIDE VIEW
  3. COPYRIGHT PAGE
  4. CONTENTS
  5. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
  6. DEDICATION
  7. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  8. LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
  9. INTRODUCTION
  10. CHAPTER 1 NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENTS IN KOREA: THEN AND NOW
  11. CHAPTER 2 THE ALLEGED BILBAO MIRACLE AND ITS DISCONTENTS
  12. CHAPTER 3 ENCOUNTERING KUALA LUMPUR THROUGH THE ''TRAVEL'' OF UMPs
  13. CHAPTER 4 THE PETTY POLITICS OF A MEGAPROJECT IN BUDAPEST
  14. CHAPTER 5 BRANDED MEGAPROJECTS AND FADING URBAN STRUCTURE IN CONTEMPORARY CITIES
  15. CHAPTER 6 URBAN MEGAPROJECTS AND LOCAL PLANNING FRAMEWORKS IN NEW YORK CITY, PARIS, AND SAO PAULO
  16. CHAPTER 7 THE ROLE OF ICONIC ARCHITECTURE IN GLOBALIZING URBAN MEGAPROJECTS
  17. CHAPTER 8 ''GLOBAL'' ARCHITECTURE AS A CONTRADICTORY SIGNIFIER: LESSONS FROM HAMBURG'S AND VIENNA'S URBAN MEGAPROJECTS
  18. CHAPTER 9 THE METASTASIZING MEGAPROJECT: URBAN DESIGN AND ''MONSTROUS MORAL HYBRIDS'' IN THE AMERICAN CITY
  19. CHAPTER 10 RAILWAY MEGAPROJECTS AS CATALYSTS FOR THE RE-MAKING OF POST-INDUSTRIAL CITIES? THE CASE OF STUTTGART 21 IN GERMANY
  20. CHAPTER 11 THE AFGHAN RING ROAD MEGAPROJECT: GLOBALIZATION MEETS CONFLICT
  21. CHAPTER 12 HOW TO DEFEAT AN URBAN MEGAPROJECT: LESSONS FROM MEXICO CITY'S AIRPORT CONTROVERSY
  22. KEY FINDINGS AND THEORETICAL IMPLICATIONS
  23. INDEX
  24. ABOUT THE AUTHORS