Contents List of illustrations vii List of case studies xi Acknowledgements xiii 1 Cities and economies 1 Urban growth and decline 2 Large cities in the national and global economies 4 Urban economic changes in the era of globalization 7 Part One: Urban growth and decline in economic shifts 11 2 Mercantile cities and European colonialism 13 Merchant capitalism and the growth of towns 14 Merchant capitalism, colonialism and global urban networks 20 Cartographic representations of the merchant city 25 3 The rise and fall of industrial cities 28 The industrial city and social conflict 32 The planned city 34 The Fordist city 37 4 Service industries and metropolitan economies 48 Ifie growth of the service sector 50 The role of the public sector 56 Global shift of services 57 Part Two: The global economy and world cities in developed countries 63 5 Globalization and world cities 65 World cities in urban studies 66 Command and control centers of the global economy72 The global urban hierarchy 74 6 Globalization and globalizing cities 80 Urban competitiveness 82 Politics of world-city status 89 Globalizing cities and globalized urbanism 93 7 New solutions for old economies 97 The cultural economy 98 The creative economy 104 Part Three: The national economy and capital cities in developing countries 115 8 Third world cities 117 Third world cities in urban studies 118 Mega cities of the developing world 124 Primate cities 134 9 World city projects for national capitals 140 National economic development and capital cities 141 Graduating from third world city status 146 10 Globalizing islands in developing countries 156 Inequality in globalizing third world cities 157 High-tech enclaves in Bangalore 162 Ethnic enclaves in Seoul 165 References 173 Index 191