Global and Globalizing Cities from the Global South: Multiple Realities and Pathways to Form a New Order

Abstract The global city order has been changed and reconstructed during the past two decades by the rising of global or globalizing cities in developing and emerging economies in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This transition has been dominated by the current global city label with reference to t...

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Published in:Perspectives on global development and technology 2019-05, Vol.18 (3), p.327-337
Main Author: Arbab, Parsa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cities
Developing countries
Global cities
Globalization
Hegemony
LDCs
Meaning
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Summary:Abstract The global city order has been changed and reconstructed during the past two decades by the rising of global or globalizing cities in developing and emerging economies in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This transition has been dominated by the current global city label with reference to the prime and paradigmatic cases and hegemonic and monopolistic measures from the North. However, achieving a general set of uniform and convergent results is a barren probability, and has led to the underestimation of the local contexts, implications and probabilities. So, it will be challenging to explore the evidence of the globalization of cities in developing countries, and to explain the concepts and meanings of the global positions and functions for their vision and development. Therefore, it is necessary to focus on the neglected realities and pathways for reconceptualizing the global city theory by shift from the Global North to the Global South.
ISSN:1569-1500
1569-1497
DOI:10.1163/15691497-12341518