Assembling/Worlding Cities

TitleAssembling/Worlding Cities
Publication TypeJournal Article
AuthorsMcCann, Eugene, Ananya Roy, and Kevin Ward
JournalUrban Geography
Volume34
Issue5
Pagination581-589
ISSN0272-3638
AbstractThis article explores the assembling and worlding of cities as both aspirational and evaluative processes in which cities are assembled, compared, and “positioned.” These practices involve the global circulation of expertise, best practices, models, and technologies related to how best to develop and govern cities. From specific examples from the authors' research, it is argued that the two distinct but overlapping notions of assembling and worlding help us conceptualize the contemporary urban–global condition. Building on the article's insights, we end this Urban Pulse with some questions for future global urban studies.
URLhttps://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2013.793905
DOI10.1080/02723638.2013.793905