![]() ![]() Johannesburg / Roland Hunter Mumbai/Bombay / Vidyadhar K. Beauregard and Richard Tomlinson Versions of a postcolonial metropolis: competing discourses on Bombay's image / Ranjit Hoskote Two cities in one: diverse images of São Paulo / Pedro Jacobi Shaping perceptions of Shanghai: discourses, images, and visions / Zhongxin Sun - Comments by senior officials. The discourse of governance in post-apartheid Johannesburg / Robert A. Politics of transformation: defining the city strategy in Johannesburg / Susan Parnell Formal and informal structures of power in Mumbai / Jim Masselos Legitimating power structures in São Paulo / Sueli Schiffer and Csaba Deák From "state-owned" to "city inc.": the case of Shanghai / Fulong Wu - Contested future: discourses and images in city regions. Johannesburg: (South) Africa's aspirant global city / Alan Mabin Mumbai: the mega-city of a poor country / Sujata Patel São Paulo: the metropolis of an elite society / Csaba Deák and Sueli Schiffer Shanghai: the evolution of China's future global city / Weiping Wu - Who runs the city?: the 'makers' of global city regions. Contents: Introduction: global politics and the making of global city regions / Klaus Segbers - City regions between their legacies and the global context. ![]() Series: Johns Hopkins studies in globalization Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index. Volkmann, Krister viaf Publisher: Baltimore (Md.) : John Hopkins university press, 2007. : Title: The making of global city regions : Johannesburg, Mumbai/Bombay, São Paulo, and Shanghai / edited by Klaus Segbers, with the assistance of Simon Raiser and Krister Volkmann. ![]()
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