World Cities and Nation States (eBook)

Greg Clark is an advisor and mentor for cities, business, and investment. He works with leadership in global cities, global firms, global institutions, and at global gatherings.Greg trained as an Economist, Social and Political Scientist, City & Regional Planner at Cambridge University, UK, Columbia University, NYC, and London School of Economics. Harkness Fellow and author of ten books and numerous reports and papers on cities and business development issues. He has just been awarded the CBE. Tim Moonen is a researcher on the future of cities and globalisation, and currently the Director of Research at The Business of Cities. He has written extensively about global urban financing, long-term strategic planning, and comparative city competitiveness. He has recently authored and co-authored original work on international development bank investment for cities, the future of European cities, and the concept of global fluency as a tool for city and metropolitan leaders.

Foreword

Preface

Section 1

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Cities and nation states - the story so far

Section 2 World cities in tight nations: unitary systems in transition

Chapter 3: London

Chapter 4: Paris

Chapter 5: Seoul

Chapter 6: Tokyo

Section 3 Working remotely: world cities in federal systems

Chapter 7: Mumbai

Chapter 8: New York City

Chapter 9: Sao Paulo

Chapter 10: Toronto

Section 4: The mixed blessing of city-states and special status cities

Chapter 11: Hong Kong

Chapter 12: Moscow

Chapter 13: Shanghai

Chapter 14: Singapore

Section 5

Chapter 15: Adjusting to an age of world cities

Chapter 16: Unintended consequences: the outlook beyond world cities