El. knyga: Study On Globalizing Cities, A: Theoretical Frameworks And China's Modes

China's cities can grow into major players in the global economy, says Zhou, but must take a different route than that taken by cities in the developed world. His topics include global city networks and their nodes, prerequisite and positioning strategic targets, relations of competition and cooperation during the rise of global cities, the industrial base of the leading service economy, creative cities and cultural creativity, and the systemic framework of a city's governing structure. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

A Study on Globalizing Cities is the latest masterpiece by Zhou Zhenhua, a famous Chinese economist, who closely tracks the theoretical study of global cities and is actively engaged in the strategic research of Shanghai's development.With rich empirical data and an in-depth analysis, this book is of great theoretical and practical significance. Different from studies on global cities by renowned western scholars, this book extends its perspective to globalizing cities. It explores a unique development model for China's globalizing cities by adopting a creative angle of observation and analytical methods. By criticizing that the traditional global city theory derives the logic relations of global cities directly from globalization, Mr Zhou puts forward the concept of globalization city, which is introduced as a new intermediate explanatory variable. More importantly, this book emphasizes that the building of global cities is not only dependent on the distribution of urban space and urban economic development but also on comprehensive construction of multiple structures and functions of cities.