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Cities. Metropolises. Global cities. Centers of economic development of the modern world.
Diverse classifications of global cities.
Theoretical concepts aboutglobal cities: global cities (Sassen 1991), world cities (Friedmann 1988). The city as a space of flows (Castells 1998), the world city network (Taylor 2007), the informational city (Castells 1989), the islands of innovation (Hilpert 1992), innovative cities (Simmie 2001).
Competitive advantages of global cities. Accumulation of capital, innovation, knowledge and political power. Transnational corporations, business support services, highly qualified staff. Case study of London, Tokio, New York.
From city to metropolis. Features of the metropolis. Metropolitan area. Spatial, functional,
network dimension of metropolisation. Various models of public policy towards metropolises and other cities.
European metropolises. Relations between a metropolis and a region, processes of polarization and diffusion. Public intervention in the metropolis-region system. Functioning of metropolitan areas.
Relations between the metropolis and the region. Case study: Barcelona - Catalonia; Toulouse and the Midi Pyrénées region, Stockholm - Mälar region, Glasgow and West Scotland
Polish cities in the process of metropolisation. Warsaw as an emerging metropolis. Relations
between Warsaw and the Masovian Voivodeship
Selected problems of global cities: wealth, poverty, crime
The cities with no borders: problem of urban sprawl
Migrants in global cities. National and socio-professional diversity of migrants. Entities involved in the process of migrant integration. Opportunities and challenges related to international migrations.
New problems of global cities - excess of tourists, escape of residents from tourist districts, problems with short-term rental housing, rising prices, turning a real city into "Disneyland"
If mayors ruled the world - the growing role of cities in international relations.
Urban policy in managing a global city. The process of creating a global network of cities.
Game of the city. Conflicts of interests in cities. Participants of the game for the city: transnational corporations, local entrepreneurs, authorities, residents. The city as a growth machine (Moloth 1976). Commercial real estate market. Fight for urban greenery.
The impact of the Covid epidemic on socio-economic development of global cities. The concept of a 15-minute city (example of Paris ), Superblocks Model (Barcelona example), development of bicycle infrastructure inmetropolises.
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