The city: today’s frontier zone.

Cities are complex systems, but they are incomplete systems. All cities are becoming the same, but all cities are competing with each other. Here actors from different worlds meet, but there are no clear rules of engagement. It is in this context that the complex global city becomes a frontier space...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Saskia Sassen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2014-12-01
Series:Glocalism: Journal of Culture, Politics and Innovation
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Online Access:http://www.glocalismjournal.net/Issues/GLOBAL-CITIES/Articles/The-City-TodayS-Frontier-Zone.kl