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Managing Global Risks in the Urban Age

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Managing Global Risks in the Urban Age book

Singapore and the Making of a Global City

Managing Global Risks in the Urban Age

DOI link for Managing Global Risks in the Urban Age

Managing Global Risks in the Urban Age book

Singapore and the Making of a Global City
ByYee-Kuang Heng
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2015
eBook Published 3 March 2016
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315593562
Pages 248 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315593562
SubjectsGeography, Politics & International Relations, Social Sciences
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Heng, Y.K. (2015). Managing Global Risks in the Urban Age. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315593562

The first full-length exposition of what it terms a global city-global risks nexus, this volume crosses disciplinary boundaries to draw upon research from Security Studies; Geography; Sociology; and Urban Studies. Innovative in its approach integrating theories about Global Cities with those positing a Global Risk Society, Yee-Kuang Heng positions this research in the midst of two concurrent global trends that will gain more significance in coming years. The world is experiencing the consequences of not only rapid globalisation, but also urbanization. In 2008, the UN declared that more than half the world’s population was now urban. At the same time, highly connected global cities like New York, London, Tokyo and Singapore also face rapidly spreading global risks such as pandemics and financial crises. Unique in developing a typology of global risks that threaten a global city like Singapore, beyond its Asian focus, the book also draws out thematic and policy lessons pertinent to other global cities. ’Global cities’ do not simply materialize. They are dependent on a range of stakeholders at various levels that produce and re-produce its command and control capabilities, in the face of global risks. Singapore’s experiences managing global risks in the financial; aviation; and maritime domains are common concerns shared by many countries and cities that have, or aspire to develop, similar critical infrastructure.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|32 pages

Urban Order, Global Risks

chapter 2|24 pages

Mobilities, Flows and Infrastructures: The Making of Global

ByCity Singapore

chapter 3|34 pages

Financial Centres as Portals of Global Financial Risks

chapter 4|40 pages

Connectivity Hurts: Premier Airports as Gateways of Global Risk

chapter 5|30 pages

Major Port Hubs and the Circulation of Global Maritime Risks

chapter 6|34 pages

Global Cities: Premium Sites and Paragons of Global Risk Management?

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