Please refer to the published version when quoting the paper gentrification and the use of space) to understand urban dynamics, from segregation to land use disputes to religious rivalries.This Research Bulletin has been published in International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 38 (1), (2014), 98-115 under the title 'Beyond the Global City Concept and the Myth of "Command and Control"'. Drawing on case studies from different global regions - Europe (London, Oslo), Africa (Lagos), South and South East Asia (Delhi and Singapore), we will use a range of theories from classic urban sociology to globalisation, global cities theory (and its critics) to theories of specific processes (e.g. This module will provide you with an introduction to urban sociology for the 21st century and equip you with the theoretical and investigative tools to analyse the dynamics and challenges of contemporary global cities. While cities are often sites of economic and cultural innovation and opportunity - hence their attractive power and growth - they also pose huge challenges - including the difficulties of containing contagious diseases (as we are seeing with COVID-19), transport across their often congested streets, the social sustainability of their ever changing, sometimes conflicting and often vastly unequal (in wealth, power, resources) populations, and environmental sustainability in the context of climate change: as so many large cities - from Rotterdam to Dakar - are situated in low lying delta regions.
Not only are more people living in cities, but cities are growing ever larger the number of cities with more than 10 million inhabitants - `megacities` - is set to grow from 33 in 2018 to 43 by 2030 (UN, 2018).
Demographers estimate that in 2009 we passed a global tipping point: for the first time in human history more people lived in cities than in rural areas, a trend that has since accelerated and is projected to continue, so that by 2050 70% of the world`s population will live in cities.
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