03123cam a2200349 a 4500 081124s2009 mnuab b s001 0 eng 9780816654871 9780816654888 SDU HT384 S524 2009 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 Introduction : a globalizing city on the rise : Shanghai's transformation in comparative perspective / Xiangming Chen -- The global city perspective ; theoretical implications for Shanghai / Saskia Sassen -- High-tech activity and urban economic development in the United States : where should the bar be set for Shanghai? / Ann R. Markusen and Pingkang Yu -- Aviation infrastructure, competitiveness, and aerotropolis development in the global economy : making Shanghai China's true gateway city / John D. Kasarda -- Competitive urban economic policies in global cities : Shanghai through the lens of Singapore / K.C. Ho -- Becoming a Chinese global city : Hong Kong (and Shanghai) beyond the global-local duality / Tai-lok Lui and Stephen W.K. Chiu -- Globalization, the changing state, and local governance in Shanghai / Fulong Wu -- Leaps and lags in the global information age : Shanghai's telecom and informational development in comparative perspective / Zhenhua Zhou and Xiangming Chen -- Striving to be a global city from below : the restructuring of Shanghai's urban districts / Tingwei Zhang -- Downward pressure and upward bubbling : global influence and community (re)building in Shanghai / Hanlong Lu, Yuan Ren, and Xiangming Chen -- Fast foods and brand clothes in Shanghai : how and why do locals consume globally? / Jiaming Sun and Xiangming Chen -- Conclusion : Shanghai as a new global(izing) city : lessons for and from Shanghai / Xiangming Chen and Anthony M. Orum. HKBU library YT2025 M09 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. City and town life China Shanghai. 220100 City planning China Shanghai. 191396 Social change China Shanghai. 214713 Economic development China Shanghai. 188455 Globalization Political aspects China Shanghai. 220101 Globalization Social aspects China Shanghai. 191408 Cities and towns Growth Shanghai (China) Politics and government. 220103 Shanghai (China) Social conditions. 214026 Shanghai (China) Economic conditions. 220104 Chen, Xiangming 220105 = C.1 SDU GBE lcc 112706 112706 0 0 lcc 0 HT0384 S524 02009 0 CGB 282869 SDU SDU GEN3 2025-09-23 2 0 HT384 S524 2009 1000376978 2025-09-23 00:00:00 C.1 2025-09-23 GBE