World Cities and Urban Form

Introduction: World cities and urban form Part 1: Theoretical Approaches in a Global Context 1. What is a 'World Class' City? Comparing conceptual specifications of cities in the context of a global urban network 2. Globalisation and the Forms of Cities 3. The World City Hypothesis Revisited: Export and import of urbanity is a dangerous business 4. Sustainability and the 'World Class' City: What is being sustained and for who? 5. Polycentrism and 'Defragmentation': Towards a more sustainable urban form? Part 2: Polycentric Regions and Cities: perspectives from Europe, Asia and North America 6. Promoting Sustainable Urban Form: Implementing urban consolidation policies around the Helsinki Metropolitan Region 7. Spatial Disparities Based on Human and Social Capital 8. The Model Barcelona: 1979-2004 and beyond 9. Sustainable 'World Class' Cities and Glocal Sprawl in Southeast Asian Metropolitans 10. Quality of Life and Spatial Urban Forms of Mega-city Regions in Japan 11. Global Integration, Growth Patterns and Sustainable Development: A case study of the peri-urban area of Shanghai 12. Taichung the Waiting Metropolis and its Campaign towards a 'World Class' City: A case of glocollision, glocoalition or glocalisation? 13. 'World Class' Vancouver: A terminal city re-imagined 14. Planning a 'World Class' City without Zoning: The experience of Houston Part 3: Aspects of Urban Fragmentation 15. Assessing Urban Fragmentation: The emergence of new typologies in central Buenos Aires 16. Tracking Sustainable Urban Forms and Material Flows in Singapore 17. The Right to the City: Stakeholder perspectives of Greater Cairo Metropolitan communities 18. 'World Class' Living? 19. Bangkok's Struggle to Achieve a Successful Transportation System 20. To be or not to be a 'World Class' City? Poverty and urban form in Paris and Bucharest 21. Inner Truth of the Slums in Mega Cities: A scenario from India Conclusion: The Form of Cities to Come?