Driven by unprecedented economic development, China has experienced a rapid urbanization for more than four decades. Such a record speed and scale of China’s urbanization has posed significant challenges to urban sustainability, which are especially critical for ecological fragile cities in...

This Handbook offers an unrivalled overview of current research into how globalization is affecting the external relations and internal structures of major cities in the world. -- By treating cities at a global scale, it focuses on the ‘stretching’ of urban functions beyond specific place...