Globalization and the world of large cities / edited by Fu-chen Lo and Yue-man Yeung.

Globalization and the world cities / Peter Hall -- World city regions inEurope: structural change and future challenges / Klaus R. Kunzmann -- World cities in North America: structural change and future challenges / Peter Gordon and Harry W. Richardson -- The growth of Tokyo as a world city / Masahiko Honjo --Globalization and world city formation in Pacific Asia / Yue-man Yeung and Fu-chen Lo -- Urban corridors in Pacific Asia / Sang-chuel Choe -- World cities and the urban future: the view from Latin America / Alan Gilbert -- Rio de Janeiro as a world city / Hamilton C. Tolosa -- Islamic cities in the world system / Salah El-Shakhs and Ellen Shoshkes -- Cairo as a world city: the impact of Cairo's orientation towards globalization / Mahmoud Yousry, Tarek Abu-Zekry, and Ahmed M.Yousry -- Globalization trends and sub-Saharan African cities / Carole Rakodi -- "Johannesburg": coming to grips with globalization from an abnormal base / Keith Beavon -- The impact of the new technologies and globalization on cit