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There is little question today that processes of globalization affect national and local economies, governance processes, and conditions for economic competitiveness in the major urban regions of the world. In most liberal-democratic countries, these processes are occurring according to a rationale which attempts to combine strategies of state-supported development with increasing local-regional governmental decentralization and autonomy. Against this background, the issue of metropolitan development is being redefined worldwide, along with its institutional frameworks, modes of governance, policy instruments, and spatial planning strategies.
The overarching assumption of this volume is that 'metropolitan space', far from being consolidated as a policy object, is currently being redefined and in some instances 'constructed' and contested as a scale, through a variety of policy practices related to spatial-economic development objectives. Through case studies drawn from across four continents, the authors reveal a range of interesting cross-national commonalities concerning the power that state actors, situated at various spatial scales, exert as agents in these processes. This volume interrogates key research issues raised by these developments, and is intended as a contribution to the establishment of a globally comparative analysis of the construction of metropolitan spaces and scales under conditions of globalization and neoliberalization.
Contents
Part 1: Introduction Chapter 1: Introduction: Actors, Policies and Processes in the Construction of Metropolitan Space: Conceptual and Analytical Issues Part 2: Constructing Metropolitan Space in World Cities: Case Studies Chapter 2: Berlin as an 'Implicit' Metropolitan Space: Contradictions in the Institutional Construction of Scale Chapter 3: Contrasting the Spatial and Political Dimensions of Rescaling in Metropolitan Delhi Chapter 4: The Governance of Istanbul Metropolitan Development: The Role of the State and the Private Sector Chapter 5: Contesting the Region: Transportation and the Politics of Scale in New York Chapter 6: Paris, a Contested Construction of Metropolitan Space Chapter 7: Economic Actors at Odds with the Metropolis: Rio de Janeiro in the Context of Mega-events Chapter 8: The Uncertain Metropolization of Rome: Economy, Space and Governance Chapter 9: Urban Strategies for Extended Metropolises in Shenzhen and the Pearl River Delta: State-Firm Dynamics in Anchoring the New Metropolitan Center Part 3: Findings and Conclusions Chapter 10: The Construction of Metropolitan Space: Comparative Lessons
