The rise of global cities, metropolises that dominate their states, is exposing Australia’s lack of metropolitan governments. It’s time to restart the evolution of our states after a century on hold.
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In our urban world, turning the makeshift and the informal into the livable and sustainable is our greatest challenge.
Cities have not been central to public policy discussions on trade growth and diversification that are typically centred on trade pacts between countries. But cities are now driving a lot of trade.
Welcome to the era of TechPlomacy where a new world order is emerging around cities and their economies, rather than nations and their borders.
Sporting extravaganzas are a way for globalising cities in emerging market economies to try and play the “modernity game”. But they don’t make the rules, and so they can never “win”.
Slums are an increasing common phenomenon across the global North and global South. To what extent could they be seen as an inherent part of the urbanisation process?
Data show that many people who consider themselves ‘global citizens’ also harbor strong national sentiments. The two aren’t mutually exclusive.
Maboneng in Johannesburg represents one strand of the type of urban “development” that’s advocated for by the proponents of “global cities”.
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Research Associate, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Transport Technology and Sustainability, Swinburne University of Technology
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Arkansas
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John Rennie Short is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Lecturer in Law, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of International Business, Ivey Business School, Western University
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Senior Lecturer in Geography and Urban Design, UCL, Fellow 2017, Institut d'études avancées de Paris (IEA) – RFIEA
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Professor of Global Business Strategy, Simon Fraser University