Managing Global Risks in the Urban Age - Couverture souple

Livre 4 sur 43: Rethinking Asia and International Relations

Heng, Yee-Kuang

 
9781138571976: Managing Global Risks in the Urban Age
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1138571970 ISBN 13 : 9781138571976
Editeur : Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

The first full-length exposition of what it terms a global city-global risks nexus, this volume crosses disciplinary boundaries to draw upon research from Security Studies; Geography; Sociology; and Urban Studies. Innovative in its approach integrating theories about Global Cities with those positing a Global Risk Society, Yee-Kuang Heng positions this research in the midst of two concurrent global trends that will gain more significance in coming years. The world is experiencing the consequences of not only rapid globalisation, but also urbanization. In 2008, the UN declared that more than half the world's population was now urban. At the same time, highly connected global cities like New York, London, Tokyo and Singapore also face rapidly spreading global risks such as pandemics and financial crises. Unique in developing a typology of global risks that threaten a global city like Singapore, beyond its Asian focus, the book also draws out thematic and policy lessons pertinent to other global cities. 'Global cities' do not simply materialize. They are dependent on a range of stakeholders at various levels that produce and re-produce its command and control capabilities, in the face of global risks. Singapore's experiences managing global risks in the financial; aviation; and maritime domains are common concerns shared by many countries and cities that have, or aspire to develop, similar critical infrastructure.

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À propos de l?auteur

Yee-Kuang Heng is Associate Professor of International Relations at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (NUS). An alumnus of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and author of several books and articles on risk and security studies, he previously lectured at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and the University of St Andrews, United Kingdom.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1138571970
ISBN 13 
9781138571976
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
248
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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9781472447999: Managing Global Risks in the Urban Age: Singapore and the Making of a Global City

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1472447999 ISBN 13 :  9781472447999
Editeur : Routledge, 2015
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