Title

Collapsing The Global And The Local Through Interscalar Strategies: A Glurbanization Perspective

Keywords

City; Globalization; Glurbanization; Interscalar; Scaling; Urbanization

Abstract

This article examines glurbanization, a model stating that urban transformation through interscalar strategies can increase the ability and status of global city-regions to develop global competitive advantages. Interscalar strategies refer to the use of scaling processes through strategic cross-border restructuration and multiple localities. Localities are groups or communities such as neighborhoods, municipalities, suburbs, regions, and urban zones. Interscaling implies a network or relationship between each of these localities, each being at a different scale. Glurbanization, then, collapses the global and the local. It does not follow a hierarchical design whereby the nation-state controls how things work; rather, globalization now happens from both 'below' and 'above'. © The Author(s), 2010.

Publication Date

2-1-2010

Publication Title

Planning Theory

Volume

9

Issue

1

Number of Pages

6-27

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/1473095209342608

Socpus ID

75649101769 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/75649101769

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