This book elaborates on the distinctive qualities of a global city and focuses on the future of the traditional city, the challenges and opportunities facing the industrial cities and the development of "livable" winter cities in the 20th century. The editors and contributing authors argue that managing rapid urbanization must become a significant professional preoccupation, and that professionals must develop a criteria for assessing "world class" status of particular cities, urban environments, institutions, innovations and even buildings.
Introduction - R V Knight Redefining Cities PART ONE: THE GLOBAL CONTEXT: THE REALITIES BEHIND THE CLICHE The Emergent Global Society - R V Knight New Trends in the Cities of the World - Remy Prud'homme What Are Cities Becoming the Centers of? Sorting Out the Possibilities - Jean Gottman Third World Cities in a Global Society Viewed from a Developing Nation - Pietro Garau PART TWO: PATHSETTERS AND CONTENDERS: FROM PLACES RATED TO WORLD CLASS AMBIGUITY New York City as Global Capital in the 1980s - Rosemary Scanlon Third World Cities - Corinne Lathrop Gilb Their Role in the Global Economy The Internationalization of the Washington D.C. Area Economy - Stephen S Fuller Port Cities Face Complex Challenges - Ralph E Thayer and Robert K Whelen Boston in the World Economy - Al Ganz and L Francis Konga Urban Redevelopment in a Global Economy - Marc V Levine Cases of Montreal and Baltimore Greater Tokyo As a Global City - Yasuo Masai PART THREE: THE NEW URBAN DEVELOPMENT: LEARNING FOR THE FUTURE Long Wave Cycles and Cities in a Global Society - Jeanne Howard Managing the Metropolis - Frans Vonk Reckoning the Future - Hartmut E Arras Basel Explores Three Scenarios The Need for Autonomy - Kai Lemberg Improving Local Democracy City Development and Urbanization - R V Knight The Industrial Case PART FOUR: INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECOSTRUCTURE: THE REQUIREMENTS FOR URBAN SETTLEMENTS IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY Mobility and the Metropolis - Wilfred Owen Urban Ecosystems Under Stress in Pacific Rim Countries - Richard L Meier Telecommunications and the Changing Global Context of Urban Settlements - Len Gertler Culture and Reurbanization - Roy Drewett and Uwe Schubert Urban Planning and Environmental Policies - G Scimemi PART FIVE: CONCLUDING PERSPECTIVES: THINKING GLOBALLY: ACTING LOCALLY Global Thinking and Urban Planning - Gary Gappert A Management Perspective on Cities in a Changing Global Environment - Gary Gappert City Building in a Global Society - Richard V Knight
