Local and Global

The Management of Cities in the Information Age

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Regional Planning
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Author: Jordi Borja, Manuel Castells ISBN: 9781134180134
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: October 11, 2013
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Jordi Borja, Manuel Castells
ISBN: 9781134180134
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: October 11, 2013
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This text challenges the belief that cities will eventually disappear as territorial forms of social organization as new information technologies permit the articulation of social processes without regard for distance, arguing that the specific role of cities will become more important, and proposing that a dynamic and creative relationship be built up between the local and the global. In this way, cities will remain the focus of social organization, political management and cultural expression, equipped to deal with the enormous social and environmental problems of urbanization.

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This text challenges the belief that cities will eventually disappear as territorial forms of social organization as new information technologies permit the articulation of social processes without regard for distance, arguing that the specific role of cities will become more important, and proposing that a dynamic and creative relationship be built up between the local and the global. In this way, cities will remain the focus of social organization, political management and cultural expression, equipped to deal with the enormous social and environmental problems of urbanization.

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