Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Bevouml;lkerungsgeographie; Stadt- u. Raumplanung; Note: keine; Katholische Universitauml;t Eichstauml;tt-Ingolstadt; Veranstaltung: Aktuelle Probleme und Fragestellungen der Stadtgeographie; 36 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis; Sprache: Deutsch; Abstract: Warum werden in einigen wenigen Stauml;dten Entscheidungen getroffen; die erheblichen Einfluss auf die gesamte Weltwirtschaft; auf Kultur und auf Politik nehmen? Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit solchen Stauml;dten; den Global Cities; einem neuen Typ von Stauml;dten mit transkontinentalem Aktionsradius. Die Entstehung und Bedeutung des Begriffes bdquo;Global Cityldquo; wird untersucht und die noch relativ junge Forschungsgeschichte dieser besonderen Form der Stadtgeographie beschrieben. Ausfuuml;hrlicher eingegangen wird dabei auf die Weltstadthypothese John Friedmanns; der anhand von sieben Annahmen eine Hierarchie der Weltstauml;dte erstellt hat; auf die Global City-Thesen Saskia Sassens und auf die Arbeiten der GaWC-Gruppe an der Universitauml;t Loughborough. Ein Exkurs fuuml;hrt in das Feld der Global City-Region-Forschung; die auch das Umland der neuen Weltwirtschaftszentren einbezieht.Vor allem sind es drei Stauml;dte; die die Global City-Hierarchie anfuuml;hren; New York; London und Tokio; bei manchen Autoren kommt auch Paris hinzu. Warum es gerade diese Stauml;dte sind; um die sich alles zu drehen scheint; soll untersucht werden. Dahinter herrscht reger Wettbewerb; denn die Hierarchie der Weltstauml;dte ist kein starres Gefuuml;ge. Westliche und fernouml;stliche Metropolen buhlen mit Megastauml;dten des Suuml;dens um die besten oder zumindest bessere Plauml;tze. Die negativen Folgen der Global City-Werdung; hohe Preise; Ausbeutung billiger Arbeitskrauml;fte und extreme Ungleichheit; werden dabei bereitwillig in Kauf genommen.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful. Not what I was expecting - and thats a good thing!By Alan FriesenI bought this book as I was heading out of the country and wanted to try reading literature from authors Id never heard of before. The genre is "fantasy;" so I suppose I was expecting something akin to what us Westerners consider to be fantasy; but I was definitely wrong. Most of the stories in the collection revolve around the authors Catholic faith: demons; heaven; hell; purgatory; faith; and so on. Several of the stories are very similar to fairy tales; though while traditional fairy tales tend to leave out names and places; these include both. One particularly fantastic story examines the idea of purgatory using fascist imagery; and believe it or not; the "fascists" (God and his angels) dont actually come off as the bad guys.Its an absolutely fabulous read. The other reviewer for the book mentions that Sapkowski is nowhere to be found; and thats the primary reason why I gave this book four stars: Andrzej Sapkowski is widely considered to be Polands greatest author; let alone fantasy author; and to have no stories by him in this collection is a serious oversight. Regardless; if youre at all interested in fantasy or fantastic stories written from a fantastic perspective; you need to get this book; period.15 of 16 people found the following review helpful. A good startBy Piotr KoniecznyThere are preciously few translations into English from non-English markets. As I know first hand what is released on Polish and Russian markets; and have some info on Japanese; I can tell you that English market is missing some really; really top class authors. The Dedalus series is an interesting project; unfortunately its emphasis is a bit too much on history for my tastes - I dont find the 19th century literature to par with todays; and as with any short stories collection; this is a mixed bag; you are likely to find some stories not to your tastes. And one more complain - the title sais fantasy; but there are no stories by any of the three best Polish modern fantasy authors (Sapkowski; Kres; Ziemianski); while quite a few are more sf like.But dont get me wrong. I gave this book 4 stars and I mean it. The DB of Polish fantasy is definetly worth buying. Quite a few of the stories are excellent quality; and for one of them Id buy the book even if it was the only one it it - I am speaking of Dukajs Golden Gallery. Dukaj; whom I consider to be not only the best sf Polish author; but the best sf worldwide author ever; has debuted some 15 years ago with this story - and it is just a taste of things he has written later. Golden Gallery is stunning; and a must read.Keeping fingers crossed more translations will start flowing into the English market...Id love to read some of the great French; German; Japanese; Czech; Hungarian and others stories my friends tell me about...Finally; since the editorial review is missing the table of contents; here is one for you all. Note - fragments mean book chapters.# Stanisław Mrożek "Co-existence"# Andrzej Szczypiorski "The Lady with the Medallion"# Marek S. Huberath "The Greater Punishment"# Tadeusz Miciński "Father Faust" (fragment)# Franciszek Mirandola "Strange Street"# Władysław Reymont "The Vampire" (fragment)# Lucjan Siemieński "The Shadow of Queen Barbara"# Jan Barszczewski "The Head Full of Screaming Hair"# Henryk Rzewuski "I am Burnin!"# Stefan Grabiński "The Grey Room"# Stefan Grabiński "The Black Hamlet"# Kornel Makuszyński "The Gentleman with a Goatee"# Witold Gombrowicz "Dinner at Countess Kutłubays"# Bruno Schulz "Father Experiments" (fragment)# Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz "Mother Joanna of the Angels" (fragment)# Bruno Jasieński "The Legs of Isolda Morgan"# Wiktor Woroszylski "The White Worms"# Andrzej Bursa "Dragon"# Jacek Dukaj "The Golden Galley"
