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Urbanisierung, globale

Author : Johannes Fiedler
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Urbanisierung, globale written by Johannes Fiedler and published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. This book was released on 2004 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urbanisierung ist das, was stattfindet. Der Autor - Stadtplaner mit internationalem Tätigkeitsfeld - unternimmt den Versuch, die große Transformation der Erdoberfläche durch Verstädterung in einem Moment der globalen Konsumgesellschaft am Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts darzustellen. Längst lebt die Mehrzahl der Menschen in urbanen Räumen - und diese sehen nicht immer wie Städte aus. Der Versuch beruht auf der Annahme, dass es eine Reihe von Phänomenen der Stadtentwicklung gibt, die weltweit auftreten, und die für die nahe Zukunft prägend sein werden: Brasilianisierung - Amerikanisierung ohne Protestantismus, Inversion - die Stadt als Regelfläche, darin Inseln von Natur, Privatisierung - die Infragestellung des Prinzips Staat. Achtzehn Stichworte, in Essayform behandelt, und zahlreiche Fotos sind das Ergebnis gezielter, aber doch letztlich vom Zufall geprägter Bereisungen: USA, der Nahe Osten, Südafrika, Brasilien und der Alpenraum. Die Grundhaltung ist die eines Post-Voluntarismus. Es geht nicht darum, was sein soll. Verstehen, was stattfindet.

Globale Urbanisierung

Author : Hannes Taubenböck
Publisher : Springer-Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3662448416
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Globale Urbanisierung written by Hannes Taubenböck and published by Springer-Verlag. This book was released on 2015-04-22 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Auf dem ganzen Erdball drängen die Menschen vom Land in die Städte. Den prognostizierten globalen Bevölkerungszuwachs werden komplett die Städte auffangen. Mit dieser gewaltigen Wanderungsbewegung gehen dramatische Veränderungen der globalen Siedlungslandschaft einher: Neue Millionenstädte entstehen aus dem Nichts, Slums wuchern in jede noch so kleine städtische Freifläche, Megacities fressen sich unaufhaltsam ins Hinterland. Vorstädte erstrecken sich ins Unendliche, Städte verschmelzen miteinander und urbane Zentren wachsen in den Himmel. Stadtlandschaften entstehen in neuen Dimensionen, Strukturen und Mustern. Megaregionen mit mehr als 100 Millionen Einwohnern definieren eine neue urbane Geographie. Die globale Stadt ist dauerhaft im Wandel, dynamischer als jemals zuvor. Erdbeobachtung aus dem All bietet einen einzigartigen Blick auf die Siedlungslandschaften unseres Planeten. Exemplarisch visualisiert das Cover leuchtende Straßenzüge bei Nacht und macht damit die pulsierenden Lebensadern einer Stadt sichtbar. Bisher hatte die Forschung im fernerkundlichen Bereich jedoch überwiegend methodische Entwicklungen im Fokus. Dieses Buch setzt die Ergebnisse der Erdbeobachtung gezielt ein, um raumwissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse zu Fragestellungen im Kontext globaler Urbanisierung zu erlangen. Dabei präsentieren die Autoren Studien zu Städten und Regionen auf allen fünf Kontinenten der Erde, zu großen und kleinen Städten, zu geplanten und ungeplanten, zu alten und neuen, zu armen und reichen, zu erfolgreichen oder gefährdeten. Es zeichnet ein umfassendes Bild globaler Urbanisierungsprozesse und ihrer räumlichen Auswirkungen. Die gebaute Stadt wird ebenso betrachtet und analysiert wie ihre Auswirkungen auf den sie umgebenden Raum und die Rückkopplung mit den in den Städten lebenden Menschen. Urbanisierung ist mehr als die Summe ihrer demographischen, funktionalen oder morphologischen Aspekte. Im Verbund mit anderen wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen eröffnet die Fernerkundung neuartige Perspektiven und Erkenntnisse zu dieser komplexen Thematik.

Satellite-Based Earth Observation

Author : Christian Brünner
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331974805X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Satellite-Based Earth Observation written by Christian Brünner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book focuses on the topic of trends and challenges with regards to satellite-based earth observation. Contributors include legal experts in the field and representatives from institutions such as the European Space Agency, the European Space Policy Institute, academia and the private sector.

Megacities

Author : Frauke Kraas
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 904813417X
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Megacities written by Frauke Kraas and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-07-12 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As urbanization continues, and even accelerates, scientists estimate that by 2015 the world will have up to 60 ‘megacities’ – urban areas with more than five million inhabitants. With the irresistible economic attractions of urban centers, particularly in developing countries, making the influx of citizens unstoppable, many of humankind’s coming social, economic and political dramas will be played out in megacities. This book shows how geographers and Earth scientists are contributing to a better understanding of megacities. The contributors analyze the impact of socio-economic and political activities on environmental change and vice versa, and identify solutions to the worst problems. They propose ways of improving the management of megacities and achieving a greater degree of sustainability in their development. The goals, of wise use of human and natural resources, risk reduction (both social and environmental) and quality of life enhancement, are agreed upon. But, as this text proves, the means of achieving these ends are varied. Hence, chapters cover an array of topics, from health management in Indian megacities, to planning in New York, to transport solutions for the chronically traffic-choked Bangkok. Authors cover the impact of climate change on megacities, as well as less tangible issues such as socio-political fragmentation in the urban areas of Rio de Janeiro. This exploration of some of the most crucial issues that we face as a species sets out research that is of the utmost importance, with the potential to contribute substantially to global justice and peace – and thereby prosperity.

Rethinking Global Urbanism

Author : Xiangming Chen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415892236
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (158 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Global Urbanism written by Xiangming Chen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing that the focus in global urban studies on cities such as New York, London, Tokyo in the global North, Mexico City and Shanghai in the developing world, and other major nodes of the world economy, has skewed the concept of the global city toward economics, this volume gathers a diverse group of contributors to focus on smaller and less economically dominant cities. It highlights other important and relatively ignored themes such as cultural globalization, alternative geographies of the global, and the influence of deeper urban histories (particularly those relating to colonialism) in order to advance an alternative view of the global city.

Rethinking Global Land Use in an Urban Era

Author : Karen C. Seto
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262322137
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Global Land Use in an Urban Era written by Karen C. Seto and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2014-03-14 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International experts examine the effects of urbanization and economic globalization on land use and offer new insights to advance understanding and sustainable practice. Today, global land use is affected by a variety of factors, including urbanization and the growing interconnectedness of economies and markets. This book examines the challenges and opportunities we face in achieving sustainable land use in the twenty-first century. While land resources remain finite, the global population is projected to reach ten billion by the end of the century, bringing issues of ethics and fairness to center stage. Who should decide how land is used? Where does competition for land occur, and why? Moreover, accelerating globalization, increasing demand for animal protein in our diets, the need for new sources of energy, and the global scarcity of land have led to a decoupling of land use and local control, which raises issues of governance. The contributors, from a range of disciplines and countries, present new analytical perspectives and tools for understanding key issues in global land use. The chapters consider such topics as food production and land use; case studies of urbanization and agriculture in Brazil and China; telecoupling and connections to distant places; emerging institutions of land-use governance; public and private regulation of land use; uniquely urban issues of land use; and future steps to sustainability. Contributors Graeme Auld, Anthony J. Bebbington, Tor A. Benjaminsen, Hilda Blanco, Christopher G. Boone, Saturnino M. Borras, Jr., Wang Chunyu, Ruth DeFries, Xiangzheng Deng, Hallie Eakin, Jennifer C. Franco, Bradford S. Gentry, Peter J. Gregory, Dagmar Haase, Helmut Haberl, Vanessa Hull, Carol A. Hunsberger, John S. I. Ingram, Elena G. Irwin, Anne-Marie Izac, Suzi Kerr, Jennifer Koch, Tobias Kuemmerle, Eric F. Lambin, Yingzhi Lin, Jianguo Liu, Shuaib Lwasa, Peter J. Marcotullio, Matias E. Margulis, Cheikh Mbow, Ole Mertz, Peter Messerli, Patrick Meyfroidt, Emilio Moran, Harini Nagendra, Stephan Pauleit, Steward T. A. Pickett, Tobias Plieninger, Charles L. Redman, Anette Reenberg, Ximena Rueda, Heike Schroeder, Karen C. Seto, Thomas Sikor, Simon R. Swaffield, Billie Lee Turner II, Caroline Upton, Birka Wicke, Makoto Yokohari, Karl Zimmerer

Urbanisation, unlimited

Author : Johannes Fiedler
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319035878
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Urbanisation, unlimited written by Johannes Fiedler and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-28 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a series of essays, the process of urbanisation – a human mega-trend acquiring unprecedented scale and speed as globalisation proceeds – is examined in the most diverse contexts and stages of development. Drawing on scientific references and identifying recurring themes like dispersion, privatisation and vitality, Fiedler devises the glossary for a cross-cultural understanding of the global urban system emerging. Images and anecdotal evidence reconnect these themes to local realities. The tone of the essays conveys a post-voluntarist attitude, derived from many years of professional experience – critical of both neoliberal practices and determinist ideas. To “condemn the reality” of global urbanization “is fruitless”, writes Johannes Fiedler in this unlimited view of a world of constant motion, subject no longer to just its planetary rotations, but also to the constant push and pull of its various populations, some of whose giant constructions shift the earth’s axis. From the foreword by Lars Lerup

Global Perspectives on Urbanization

Author : George M. Pomeroy
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 9780761839095
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Global Perspectives on Urbanization written by George M. Pomeroy and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2008 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emerging and continuing challenge of cities and urbanization has become a forefront in current global concerns. Professors George Pomeroy and Gerald Webster's book, Global Perspectives on Urbanization, addresses an expanse of challenges related to poverty and the environment. From Mexico City to Eastern Europe and from the slum dwellers to gentrification, this book offers a global perspective. Drawing from research in both developed and developing world contexts, each chapter provides the reader with viewpoints from recognized global leaders in the field. Empirically well-founded, this study appeals to urbanists and planners, geographers and sociologists, as well as those generally interested in urban studies. Analyzing historical perspectives, the roles of universities and research, globalization, and poverty (among many others), this comprehensive book provides a thoroughly researched wealth of information. Book jacket.

Global Metropolitan

Author : John Rennie-Short
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134405197
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Global Metropolitan written by John Rennie-Short and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the connections between globalization and urbanization, this notable book places particular emphasis on understanding the economic function of global cities, the political process of globalizing cities, and the cultural significance of cosmopolitan cities. The book explores the meaning of the globalizing project in cities: the maintaining, securing and increasing of urban economic competitiveness in a global world the reimagining of the city the rewriting of the city for both internal and external audiences the construction of new spaces and the hosting of new events. Specific chapters look at the significance of signature architects, the hosting of the Summer Olympics and the role of the super-rich. The main thesis of the book is that this discourse of globalizing is a major force in the restructuring of cities around the world.

The Three Gorges Dam's Impact on Peasant Livelihood

Author : Jan Trouw
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 373571921X
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book The Three Gorges Dam's Impact on Peasant Livelihood written by Jan Trouw and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to the Three Gorges Dam, China’s Yangtze becomes a 600 kilometers long reservoir that submerges everything below. Therefore, more than 1.3 million people lose their houses, their arable land, as well as their personal belongings. The book in hand examines the socio-economic impact on peasant livelihood before, during and after the state-forced resettlement.

Urban Empires

Author : Edward Glaeser
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429892365
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Urban Empires written by Edward Glaeser and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-23 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in the ‘urban century’. Cities all over the world – in both developing and developed countries – display complex evolutionary patterns. Urban Empires charts the backgrounds, mechanisms, drivers, and consequences of these radical changes in our contemporary systems from a global perspective and analyses the dominant position of modern cities in the ‘New Urban World’. This volume views the drastic change cities have undergone internationally through a broad perspective and considers their emerging roles in our global network society. Chapters from renowned scholars provide advanced analytical contributions, scaling applied and theoretical perspectives on the competitive profile of urban agglomerations in a globalizing world. Together, the volume traces and investigates the economic and political drivers of network cities in a global context and explores the challenges over governance that are presented by mega-cities. It also identifies and maps out the new geography of the emergent ‘urban century’. With contributions from well-known and influential scholars from around the world, Urban Empires serves as a touchstone for students and researchers keen to explore the scientific and policy needs of cities as they become our age’s global power centers.

Global Urbanization

Author : Eugenie L. Birch
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812204476
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Global Urbanization written by Eugenie L. Birch and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-02-25 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time in history, the majority of the world's population lives in urban areas. Much of this urbanization has been fueled by the rapidly growing cities of the developing world, exemplified most dramatically by booming megacities such as Lagos, Karachi, and Mumbai. In the coming years, as both the number and scale of cities continue to increase, the most important matters of social policy and economic development will necessarily be urban issues. Urbanization, across the world but especially in Asia and Africa, is perhaps the critical issue of the twenty-first century. Global Urbanization surveys essential dimensions of this growth and begins to formulate a global urban agenda for the next half century. Drawing from many disciplines, the contributors tackle issues ranging from how cities can keep up with fast-growing housing needs to the possibilities for public-private partnerships in urban governance. Several essays address the role that cutting-edge technologies such as GIS software, remote sensing, and predictive growth models can play in tracking and forecasting urban growth. Reflecting the central importance of the Global South to twenty-first-century urbanism, the volume includes case studies and examples from China, India, Uganda, Kenya, and Brazil. While the challenges posed by large-scale urbanization are immense, the future of human development requires that we find ways to promote socially inclusive growth, environmental sustainability, and resilient infrastructure. The timely and relevant scholarship assembled in Global Urbanization will be of great interest to scholars and policymakers in demography, geography, urban studies, and international development.

Globalizing Cities

Author : Mark Abrahamson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351722018
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book Globalizing Cities written by Mark Abrahamson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-20 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globalization has been built upon, and maintained by, major urban centers. As the interconnections among these cities grow, more cities become involved as important global nodes, and globalization has an extremely strong influence upon the forms and functions of cities everywhere. This new textbook examines modern cities worldwide through two lenses: as the major nodes in the global economy, and as primary propagators of cultural ideas across the world. Exploring the ramifications of the continuing penetration of global forces into smaller urban areas, this book clearly distinguishes economic, cultural, and political processes to demonstrate how global attachments are shaping many of the basic features of modern cities. Specifically, the book examines the way cities accommodate huge global flows of people, including migrants, tourists, and the managers of multi-national firms, and the effects this has upon the cultural, economic, and political forces associated with globalization in cities. The main features of the book include: a balanced emphasis upon how economic, technological, and cultural forces shape both urban and global developments; a highly interdisciplinary focus, incorporating major works and ideas from urban scholars writing in sociology, geography, anthropology, and politics; detailed case studies of events and activities within specific cities and regions that illuminate major trends; end of chapter reading lists of corresponding chapters in The Globalizing Cities Reader, second edition, edited by Xuefei Ren and Roger Keil and published by Routlegde in 2018. Written in a clear and accessible style, Globalizing Cities: A Brief Introduction will appeal to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students in both urban and globalization courses within sociology, geography, and urban studies.

Schrumpfende Städte

Author : Angelika Lampen
Publisher : Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar
ISBN 13 : 9783412202170
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Schrumpfende Städte written by Angelika Lampen and published by Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar. This book was released on 2008 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cities of the Global South Reader

Author : Faranak Miraftab
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317636791
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Cities of the Global South Reader written by Faranak Miraftab and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-10 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cities of the Global South Reader adopts a fresh and critical approach to the fi eld of urbanization in the developing world. The Reader incorporates both early and emerging debates about the diverse trajectories of urbanization processes in the context of the restructured global alignments in the last three decades. Emphasizing the historical legacies of colonialism, the Reader recognizes the entanglement of conditions and concepts often understood in binary relations: first/third worlds, wealth/poverty, development/underdevelopment, and inclusion/exclusion. By asking: “whose city? whose development?” the Reader rigorously highlights the fractures along lines of class, race, gender, and other socially and spatially constructed hierarchies in global South cities. The Reader’s thematic structure, where editorial introductions accompany selected texts, examines the issues and concerns that urban dwellers, planners, and policy makers face in the contemporary world. These include the urban economy, housing, basic services, infrastructure, the role of non-state civil society-based actors, planned interventions and contestations, the role of diaspora capital, the looming problem of adapting to climate change, and the increasing spectre of violence in a post 9/11 transnational world. The Cities of the Global South Reader pulls together a diverse set of readings from scholars across the world, some of which have been written specially for the volume, to provide an essential resource for a broad interdisciplinary readership at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in urban geography, urban sociology, and urban planning as well as disciplines related to international and development studies. Editorial commentaries that introduce the central issues for each theme summarize the state of the field and outline an associated bibliography. They will be of particular value for lecturers, students, and researchers, making the Cities of the Global South Reader a key text for those interested in understanding contemporary urbanization processes.

Metropole, Weltstadt, Global City als neue Form der Urbanisierung mit konkreten Beispielen aus Industrienationen

Author : Daniela Müller
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3640853504
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Metropole, Weltstadt, Global City als neue Form der Urbanisierung mit konkreten Beispielen aus Industrienationen written by Daniela Müller and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2011 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Bevölkerungsgeographie, Stadt- u. Raumplanung, Note: 10, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 EINLEITUNG 3 2 METROPOLE 3 3 WELTSTADT 4 4 MEGASTADT 5 5 GLOBAL CITY 6 6 TOKYO 7 7 NEW YORK 9 8 LONDON 10 9 FAZIT 12 10 LITERATURVERZEICHNIS 13 1 Einleitung Heutzutage leben immer mehr Menschen in Städten. Mittlerweile leben sogar das erstmals mehr Menschen in der Stadt als auf dem Land. Aber was macht das Leben in einer Stadt so interessant? Die Vermutung, dass eine Stadt je mehr sie zu bieten hat auch umso mehr Zulauf gewinnt, ist naheliegend. Aber wie viele Menschen können in Städten leben? Es ist bekannt das es Städte gibt, in denen ein paar tausend Menschen wohnen und in anderen hingegen wohnen ein paar Millionen. Die eine Stadt wird dann als Metropole, die nächste als Weltstadt eine andere als Megastadt oder gar Global City bezeichnet. Aber wo genau liegt hier der Unterschied? Im folgenden wird versucht auf all diese Fragen eine Antwort zu finden.

Global City als Projekt

Author : Boris Michel
Publisher : transcript Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3839413346
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Global City als Projekt written by Boris Michel and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2015-07-31 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global-City-Forschung betrachtet meist wenige Metropolen im Norden. Die großen Städte im globalen Süden hingegen tauchen dort kaum auf. Jedoch: Unter Bedingungen neoliberaler Urbanisierung stellen Diskurse der Global City für Planer, lokalen Staat sowie Ober- und Mittelschichten dieser Städte oft einen wichtigen Bezugspunkt und ein Versprechen von Aufstieg und Modernität dar. Am Beispiel der philippinischen Hauptstadt Manila untersucht Boris Michel Räume der Ober- und Mittelschichten in einer Stadt, die gemeinhin als unkontrollierbare Megacity der Dritten Welt gilt. Dabei geht es um Gated Communities und städtische Großprojekte, um privatisierte Konsumräume und Gentrifizierung, um Exklusivität und Exklusion sowie um den historischen Wandel städtischen Regierens.