ABSTRACT
Cities have always competed regionally and globally with one another. What is new is the extent to which a city’s economy can contribute to globalization, and how much of a city’s economy can be oriented to that bigger arena. The transport component of human settlements influences the course and outcomes of globalization but is itself affected by globalization as well. These reciprocal impacts can only be understood by better insights into the changing priorities of urban form and infrastructure in relation to globalization processes.
