SOC110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Urban Decay, Global City
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Identifying global cities: manufacturing base during the first half of the twentieth century. The majority of major cities in economically developed nations had a. Not only were they industrial cities, but manufacturing was an important part of. During the last half of the twentieth century the decline in manufacturing in these. Historically, communities that lagged behind in this phase of transition have. Eventually, leaders of most cities concluded that globalization is the most likely. Accordingly, they have sought to improve their connections with the global urban. That strategy was evident in the manchester (england) city council"s 1995 report. The pervasiveness of the response to globalization means that almost all cities are. Garden city, a small town in southwest kansas, for example, was able to likely to have some features that make them global persuade ibp, inc, to move to the town in 1980. (ibp sells meat products worldwide) over the next decade, the organization hired.
