{"product_id":"emerging-global-cities-origin-structure-and-significance-9780231205177","title":"Emerging Global Cities: Origin  Structure  and Significance","description":"\u003cp\u003eCertain citiesmost famously New York  London  and Tokyohave been identified as global cities  whose function in the world economy transcends national borders. Without the same fanfare  formerly peripheral and secondary cities have been growing in importance  emerging as global cities in their own right. The striking similarity of the skylines of Dubai  Miami  and Singapore is no coincidence: despite following different historical paths  all three have achieved newfound prominence through parallel trends.  In this groundbreaking book  Alejandro Portes and Ariel C. Armony demonstrate how the rapid and unexpected rise of these three cities recasts global urban studies. They identify the constellation of factors that allow certain urban places to become emerging global citiescenters of commerce  finance  art  and culture for entire regions. The book traces the transformations of Dubai  Miami  and Singapore  identifying key features common to these emerging global cities. It contrasts them with global hopefuls  cities that  at one point or another  aspired to become global  and analyzes how Hong Kong is threatened with the loss of this status. Portes and Armony highlight the importance of climate change to the prospects of emerging global cities  showing how the same economic system that propelled their rise now imperils their future. Emerging Global Cities provides a powerful new framework for understanding the role of peripheral cities in the world economy and how they compete for and sometimes achieve global standing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648184049717,"sku":"ByrdShop_0231205171","price":25.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780231205177.jpg?v=1781712181","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/emerging-global-cities-origin-structure-and-significance-9780231205177","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}