Welcome to the Global Cities website! On this platform, we will be updating you on all things related to the book’s release as well as current events surrounding the six topics in the book: ports, air pollution, water supply, food, transport, and public/private space.
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A post by Robert Gottlieb that ran in Streetsblog LA on October 13, 2017. Also available at http://la.streetsblog.org/2017/10/13/dockless-shared-bikes-from-china-to-los-angeles/ When I returned to China last month to give some talks about my new book, it was my first visit in over two years. When I arrived in Shanghai, I was astounded by the vehicle street scene. … More DOCKLESS SHARED BIKES: FROM CHINA TO THE US AND TO LOS ANGELES?
Over the past four decades, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and key urban regions of China have emerged as global cities—in financial, political, cultural, environmental, and demographic terms. In the new book, The Global Cities: Urban Environments in Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and China, Robert Gottlieb and Simon Ng trace the global emergence of these urban … More CUNY URBAN FOOD POLICY MONITOR INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT GOTTLIEB
The Wilson Center China Environment Forum published this blog today on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 CHINA ENVIRONMENT FORUM One Country, Two Water Systems: The Need for Cross-Boundary Water Management in Hong Kong and Guangdong October 6, 2017 By Robert Gottlieb and Simon Ng In 2011, a group of Hong Kong water activists and researchers traveled the … More ONE COUNTRY, TWO WATER SYSTEMS
New videos every Tuesday about one of the six topics covered in the book: ports, air pollution, water supply, food, transport, public/private space.
