Product Description: During the second half of the twentieth century, development in the Asia-Pacific region has been dominated by industrialization. However, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, services, in particular, finance, information and creative services, have become deeply embedded in the processes of urban growth...read more

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Product Description: During the second half of the twentieth century, development in the Asia-Pacific region has been dominated by industrialization. However, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, services, in particular, finance, information and creative services, have become deeply embedded in the processes of urban growth...read more

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Product Description: Written by an international team of experts, this text examines the part played by the globalization of production together with the associated impacts and responses. Theoretical debates are explored with new concepts for understanding the internationalization of production...read more

Product Description: This text examines some of the explanations for the expanding role of services in the world economy with particular reference to their tradeability and the characteristics of world trade. It is suggested that the resulting patterns are particularly significant for the form and function of the global urban system and that there are also some significant consequences for the form and structure of the major cities that have been the key participants in the globalization of services...read more

Product Description: The dynamics of national and international urban systems, as well as individual metropolitan areas, are closely connected with the decisions and actions of firms and institutions in the service sector. Services and Metropolitan Development explores the processes guiding both the development and the spatial impacts of services on the urban system and individual areas...read more

Product Description: First published in 1985. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.