How Long to Read How to Build a Global City

How Long Does it Take to Read How to Build a Global City?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 14 minutes to read How to Build a Global City by Michele Acuto

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In How to Build a Global City, Michele Acuto considers the rise of a new generation of so-called global cities—Singapore, Sydney, and Dubai—and the power that this concept had in their ascent, in order to analyze the general relationship between global city theory and its urban public policy practice. The global city is often invoked in theory and practice as an ideal model of development and a logic of internationalization for cities the world over. But the global city also creates deep social polarization and challenges how much local planning can achieve in a world economy. Presenting a unique elite ethnography in Singapore, Sydney, and Dubai, Acuto discusses the global urban discourses, aspirations, and strategies vital to the planning and management of such metropolitan growth. The global city, he shows, is not one single idea, but a complex of ways to imagine a place to be global and aspirations to make it so, often deeply steeped in politics. His resulting book is a call to reconcile proponents and critics of the global city toward a more explicit engagement with the politics of this global urban imagination.

How long is How to Build a Global City?

How to Build a Global City by Michele Acuto is 252 pages long, and a total of 63,504 words.

This makes it 85% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read How to Build a Global City Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 47 minutes to read How to Build a Global City aloud.

What Reading Level is How to Build a Global City?

How to Build a Global City is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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