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Global Downtowns (The City in the Twenty-First Century) by Marina Peterson; Gary W. McDonogh; Robert Rotenberg; Xuefei Ren; Francesc Magrinya; Gaspar Maza; Ahmed Kanna; Richard Lloyd; Brian D. Christens; Najib Hourani; William Cunningham Bissell; Matthew J. Hill; Liza Weinstein; Julian Brash; Cindy Hing-Yuk Wong is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
What is Global Downtowns (The City in the Twenty-First Century) about?
<p><i>Global Downtowns</i> reconsiders one of the defining features of urban life—the energy and exuberance that characterize downtown areas—within a framework of contemporary globalization and change. It analyzes the iconic centers of global cities through individual case studies from Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the United States, considering issues of function, population, imagery, and growth. Contributors to the volume use ethnographic and cultural analysis to identify downtowns
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- Author
- Marina Peterson; Gary W. McDonogh; Robert Rotenberg; Xuefei Ren; Francesc Magrinya; Gaspar Maza; Ahmed Kanna; Richard Lloyd; Brian D. Christens; Najib Hourani; William Cunningham Bissell; Matthew J. Hill; Liza Weinstein; Julian Brash; Cindy Hing-Yuk Wong
- Publisher
- Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780812243840
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Social Science, Political Science, Business
- Rating
- 3 / 5 (1 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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