Global and Gateway Cities
- NINT 5274 - Global and Gateway Cities (Spring 2009)
Globalization entails not only flows and dispersion, but also centralization of key command functions in certain cities. This course will examine "global cities" like New York and London as well as others that aspire to that position. Cities like Dubai, Johannesburg, Mumbai, Shanghai, and Sao Paulo have been working hard to consolidate their status as "gateway cities": nodes of finance, business, and high-end services within their respective geographical areas. Competing with other cities in the region and sometimes beyond it, these cities have developed highly entrepreneurial styles of urban management designed to attract the globalizing elite: the corporate branch, the affluent expatriate, and the worldly business executive. This course will explore how, in the process of vying for gateway city status, theses cities transform not only the geography of globalization, but also the configuration and function of urban spaces.
This course is a prerequisite for students participating in the 2009 International Field Program in Kunming, China. It is also open to non-IFP students as an elective.
Concentration:Cities and Urbanization