Shanghai rising :  state power and local transformations in a global megacity / 
Xiangming Chen, editor ; with Zhenhua Zhou. 
 - Minneapolis :  University of Minnesota Press,  2009. 
 - 267 p. :  ill. 
 - Globalization and community ;  v. 15 .
<br/><br/> Introduction : a globalizing city on the rise : Shanghai's transformation in comparative perspective /  The global city perspective ;  theoretical implications for Shanghai /  High-tech activity and urban economic development in the United States : where should the bar be set for Shanghai? /  Aviation infrastructure, competitiveness, and aerotropolis development in the global economy : making Shanghai China's true gateway city /  Competitive urban economic policies in global cities : Shanghai through the lens of Singapore /  Becoming a Chinese global city : Hong Kong  Globalization, the changing state, and local governance in Shanghai /  Leaps and lags in the global information age : Shanghai's telecom and informational development in comparative perspective /  Striving to be a global city from below : the restructuring of Shanghai's urban districts /  Downward pressure and upward bubbling : global influence and community  Fast foods and brand clothes in Shanghai : how and why do locals consume globally? /  Conclusion : Shanghai as a new global(izing) city : lessons for and from Shanghai /  Xiangming Chen --  Saskia Sassen --  Ann R. Markusen and Pingkang Yu --  John D. Kasarda --  K.C. Ho --  (and Shanghai) beyond the global-local duality /  Tai-lok Lui and Stephen W.K. Chiu --  Fulong Wu --  Zhenhua Zhou and Xiangming Chen --  Tingwei Zhang --  (re)building in Shanghai /  Hanlong Lu, Yuan Ren, and Xiangming Chen --  Jiaming Sun and Xiangming Chen --  Xiangming Chen and Anthony M. Orum.  HKBU library 
<br/><br/> YT2025 M09 
<br/><br/> This collection places Shanghai's unprecedented rise in a rare comparative examination of US cities, as well as with Asian megacities Singapore and Hong Kong, providing a nuanced account of how Shanghai's politics, economy, society, and space have been transformed by macro- and micro-level forces. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780816654871 9780816654888 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>City and town life--China--Shanghai.<br/>City planning--China--Shanghai.<br/>Social change--China--Shanghai.<br/>Economic development--China--Shanghai.<br/>Globalization--Political aspects--China--Shanghai.<br/>Globalization--Social aspects--China--Shanghai.<br/>Cities and towns--Growth
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Shanghai (China)--Politics and government.<br/>Shanghai (China)--Social conditions.<br/>Shanghai (China)--Economic conditions.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HT384  / S524 2009