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The Evolution of Great World Cities: Urban Wealth and Economic Growth

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Description for The Evolution of Great World Cities: Urban Wealth and Economic Growth Paperback. Christopher Kennedy illuminates how geography, technology, and especially the infrastructure of urban economies allow cities to develop and thrive. Series: Rotman-UTP Publishing. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 photos. BIC Classification: KCG; KCU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.

Some cities seem destined to become major financial capitals, yet never do—Seville, for instance, was the centre of Spain's opulent New World Empire, but failed to become a financial metropolis. Others, like former colonial backwater Hong Kong, defy the odds by growing into major trading centres. What are the key factors distinguishing those cities that become wealthy from those that don't? Christopher Kennedy illuminates how geography, technology, and especially the infrastructure of urban economies allow cities to develop and thrive.
The Evolution of Great World Cities unfolds through the tales of several urban centres—including Venice, Amsterdam, London, and New ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Rotman-UTP Publishing
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442611528
SKU
V9781442611528
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Ref
99-50

About Christopher Kennedy
Christopher Kennedy is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto.

Reviews for The Evolution of Great World Cities: Urban Wealth and Economic Growth
’Drawing on an extensive body of literature and examples from prosperous and not-so-prosperous cities around the world this book attampts to explain the evolution of great world cities....Vast mass of literature is coupled with illustrative cases in a way that makes the book informative and an enjoyable reading experience.’
Kristina Vaarst Anderson
Regional Studies, vol46:07:2012
‘Kennedy has ... Read more

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