CONTENT : Preface 11 Introduction: Redefining Cities 15 Richard V. Knight PART I: THE GLOBAL CONTEXT: THE REALITIES BEHIND THE CLICHE 21 1. The Emergent Global Society 24 Richard V. Knight 1. New Trends in the Cities of the World 44 Remy Prud'homme 3. What Are Cities Becoming the Centers Of? Sorting Out the Possibilities 58 Jean Gottmann 4. Third World Cities in a Global Society Viewed from a Developing Nation 68 Pietro Garau PART II: PATH-SETTERS AND CONTENDERS: FROM PLACES RATED TO WORLD-CLASS AMBIGUITY 79 5. New York City as Global Capital in the 1980s 83 Rosemary Scanlon 6. Third World Cities: Their Role in the Global Economy 96 Corinne Lathrop Gilb 1. The Internationalization of the Washington, D.C., Area Economy 108 Stephen S. Fuller 8. Port Cities Face Complex Challenges 120 Ralph E. Thayer and Robert K. Whelan 9. Boston in the World Economy 132 Alexander Ganz and L. Francois Konga 10. Urban Redevelopment in a Global Economy: The Cases of Montreal and Baltimore 141 Marc V. Levine 11. Greater Tokyo as a Global City 153 Yasuo Masai PART III: THE NEW URBAN DEVELOPMENT: LEARNING FOR THE FUTURE 165 12. Long Wave Cycles and Cities in a Global Society 169 Jeanne Howard 13. Managing the Metropolis 181 Frans P.M. Vonk 14. Reckoning with the Future: Basel Explores Three Scenarios 195 Hartmut E. Arras 15. The Need for Autonomy: Improving Local Democracy 207 Kai Lemberg 16. City Development and Urbanization: Building the Knowledge-Based City 223 Richard V. Knight PART IV: INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECOSTRUCTURE: THE REQUIREMENTS FOR URBAN SETTLEMENTS IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY 243 17. Mobility and the Metropolis 246 Wilfred Owen 18. Urban Ecosystems Under Stress in Pacific Rim Countries 254 Richard L. Meier 19. Telecommunication and the Changing Global Context of Urban Settlements 272 Len Gertler 20. Urban Planning and Environmental Policies 285 Gabriele Scimemi PART V- CONCLUDING PERSPECTIVES: THINKING GLOBALLY, ACTING LOCALLY 301 21. Global Thinking and Urban Planning Gary Gappert 305 22. A Management Perspective on Cities in a 312 Changing Global Environment Gary Gappert 23. City Building in a Global Society Richard V. Knight 326 About the Contributors 335