1. Lewis Mumford, (1937), What is a city
2. Urbanization
3. Ong, Aihwa, (2011)  Worlding Cities or the At of Being Global
   

1. Changing Face of Global Cities
2. Characteristics of global cities; continued impact of colonial legacies
3. D. E. Bloom, T. Khanna: The Urban Revolution. Finance and Development 44(2007)3

Week III: February 9th

Readings 

1.  S. Sassen, The Global City: Introducing the Concept
2. Discourses of globalization and the city in social sciences
   
3. Origins and debates about concepts of global or world city

Class Presentations and Discussion
Readings:

1. Appadurai: Globalizing Scapes in a Global World
2. Scapes Concept of Appadurai Chart
3. S. Sassen , Locating cities on global circuits. Environment and Urbanization 14(April 2002)1, 13-30.
4. J. V. Beaverstock, R. G. Smith, P. J. Taylor: World-City Network: A New Metageography? Annals of the Association of American Geographers 90(March 2000)1, 123-134

A  new Kind of Growth: Aerotropolis:

1. JOHN D. KASARDA The Aerotropolis and Global Competitiveness, (2011) DIPLOMATIC COURIER
2. Dubai, Hong Kong and Incheon.
3. Aerotropolis: The Key to a Prosperous, 21st Century Global City?
4. Cities in the Sky
5. John Kasarda: Introduction
   

THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT OF THE GLOBAL CITYSCAPE
Skyscrapers as Metaphors of Modernity:

1. The Semiotics of Skyscrapers
2. Branding and Image-Building in Dubai: The Role of Iconic (Landscape) Architecture and Culture

Week VII: March 9th

1. Anthony King (p: 3-22) 
2. How politics has shaped the growth of Shanghai, and Dubai
   
3. http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20141216-skyscrapers-the-race-to-the-top_
4. Vertical City: Hong Kong

1. Tan Shin Bin, (2014) Singapore-as-a-Global-City., Lee Kuan Yew, School of Public Policy,
   
2. Yingyue Han, Singapore as a Global City
3. Singapore: Global Hub and Gateway to the World

Week IX March 23

1. ^{Emerging Global Cities and Singapore  A comparative study}
2. Gillian Duncan,Top Global Destination Cities Singapore Versus Dubai
3. Ahmad Kanna, (2008-09) Dubai and Singapore after the Crisis

1. ^{Branding The Global City}
2. ^{City Branding and the Olympic Effect,}
3. ^{Beijing, London.}
   

Readings: 

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Week XI: April 13^th

Week XIII: May 4^th