03972nam a22005175i 4500 978-981-99-9134-1 DE-He213 20251030111432.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240219s2024 si | s |||| 0|eng d 9789819991341 978-981-99-9134-1 10.1007/978-981-99-9134-1 doi HT321 KCU bicssc BUS067000 bisacsh KCVS thema Sheng, Edmund Li. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 69446 A Tale of Three Cities [electronic resource] : Urban Governance of Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore During COVID-19 / by Edmund Li Sheng. 1st ed. 2024. Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XII, 105 p. 1 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Sustainable Development Goals Series, 2523-3092 1. Dynamic clearing or group immunization? A tale of three cities and their COVID-19 responses -- 2. Divergence of anti-pandemic policies: origin and development -- 3. Differences and similarities in urban governance during the pandemic -- 4. Crisis management during the pandemic -- 5. Revitalization: new opportunities and challenges in the post-pandemic era -- 6. Future frontiers: a tale of three cities and the world -- 7. Conclusion. The proposed book presents the cutting-edge research on the urban development of three cities: Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore. By comparing their responses to the COVID-19 pandemic from an international political economic perspective, this book examines the commonalities and differences in urban governance in these three widely recognized and well-developed Asian cities with outward-oriented economies through the lens of world-systems theory and related theories of historicism. These cities are all generally considered to be under authoritarian regimes, but there are substantial differences in their social systems, rules of law and justice, and administrative structures. In the context of globalization, the cities are competing on a more even playing field. In addition, city governments worldwide are increasingly pursuing growth, land markets, urban regeneration, and large-scale public projects. With the advent of globalization, urban development is gradually changing from the past crude model of spatial expansion and land finance to a more refined model of socioeconomic development driven by industrial upgrading and enhanced consumption. However, cities’ political and economic contexts and governance systems vary greatly. Unsurprisingly, given their differences, the three cities of Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore demonstrated varied responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. This book discusses the efforts of these governments to address and reduce the spread of COVID-19 as well as how national responses to the pandemic outbreak were influenced by global dynamics, geopolitics, and each nation’s particular historical context. Urban economics. Political planning. 57717 Urban Economics. Public Policy. 65508 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9789819991334 Printed edition: 9789819991358 Printed edition: 9789819991365 Sustainable Development Goals Series, 2523-3092 67259 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9134-1 ZDB-2-ECF ZDB-2-SXEF 57721 57721