Depuis les années 1990, le phénomène de mondialisation a transformé les espaces urbains. Les villes se repositionnent en relais et pivots compétitifs de réseaux mondialisés. De plus, le phénomène de métropolisation coïncide avec une nouvelle économie urbaine pour susciter une patrimonialisation urbaine qui transforme les villes en destinations touristiques. Cependant, la relation entre mondialisation, métropolisation et touristification est rarement articulée en une réflexion singulière. En outre, les recherches ont privilégié des villes européennes et américaines, inscrivant une perspective occidentale à des dynamiques mondiales. Les études de villes non-occidentales, notamment du sud-est asiatique restent relativement marginales. La proposition de cette étude est de s’intéresser aux dynamiques du tourisme et de la métropolisation à Kuala Lumpur. La capitale malaisienne, à la fois modèle urbain et multiculturel, a l’ambition de devenir une ville d’influence « globale » malgré des contradictions que les composantes du tourisme mettent en relief. Les pratiques de la ville et ses représentations renvoient à des critères qualitatifs, d’urbanité et de mise en scène urbaine, auquel le tourisme participe. L’analyse de la métropole cosmopolite, avec des lieux-mondes, connectés à d’autres métropoles, navigue entre échelles locales et globales. Cette recherche s’organise en trois parties. Les fondements théoriques sont revus dans une première partie, avant de s’intéresser plus spécifiquement aux spécificités de Kuala Lumpur dans la deuxième partie. La dernière partie s’interroge sur les dynamiques du projet urbain face à la touristification dans une perspective multiscalaire. / Since the 1990’s, the globalization phenomenon has transformed urban spaces. Cities are repositioned as competitive pivotal nodes in globalized networks. Moreover, the metropolization phenomenon coincides with a new urban economy that activates a growing commodification of cities thus becoming tourism destinations. However, the relationship between globalization, metropolization and touristification is seldom articulated in a singular reflection. Besides, academic research has focused on European and American cities, giving it a much Western perspective to global dynamics. Studies on non-Western cities, especially in Southeast Asia remain relatively marginal. The proposal of this study is to look at the dynamics of tourism and the metropolisation in Kuala Lumpur. The Malaysian capital, appears to be both an urban and a multicultural model, aims at becoming a "global" city despite its contradictions mirrored through the tourism components. The practices of the city and its representations refer to urbanity, branding and qualitative criteria, in which tourism plays a key role. The analysis of the cosmopolitan metropolis, with global enclaves, connected to other cities, navigates between local and global scales. This research is organized into three parts. The theoretical underpinnings are reviewed in the first part, then, in the second part the focus moves on to the context of Kuala Lumpur. The last part addresses the urban project dynamics in the light of the touristification through a multiscalar perspective.

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Is there any link between hierarchy of transnational corporations, banks and research and development institutions? Abstract The world city theory focuses on concentration of the most progressive activities of the social-economic system in a few key cities that together have a major share of command and control power within the global economy. Location advantages of such cities attract TNC headquarters, financial services and R&D facilities. Interactions between them lead to further strengthening of the position of the global city and it brings a cumulative effect on the location advantages. This paper examines the global city hierarchy based on the data on 1 500 world's biggest companies headquarters location, as well as location of 1 500 most important R&D institutions and 200 biggest banks. According to the results the triad of New York, London and Tokyo was taken over by Beijing. Correlation analysis of the city rankings in all of the three hierarchies confirms significant geographical link between global arrangement of TNC headquarters, financial services and R&D institutions. Keywords: global city, TNCs, banks, RIS, research and development, geographical organization

A presente dissertação investiga a literatura internacional e nacional acerca das teorias de cidade mundial, global e pós-moderna, destacando a sua relação com a metrópole de São Paulo. Para tanto, como recurso teórico, foi utilizada a pesquisa bibliográfica. Dessa forma, ressalta-se que os conceitos de cidade mundial e cidade global não apresentam diferenças significativas, sendo utilizados pelos autores a depender de sua preferência. Já o conceito de cidade pós-moderna tem uma utilização mais restrita se comparado com os termos anteriores. Principalmente na literatura internacional, o conceito de cidade pós-moderna apresenta uma inclinação para abordagens de fenômenos culturais da sociedade. Já na literatura nacional, tal conceito é pouquíssimo utilizado e, quando presente, relaciona-se mais com um padrão de planejamento urbano o qual, por sua vez, prioriza as necessidades dos atores hegemônicos. Assim, verificou-se que existem duas formas principais de apreensão do conceito de cidade mundial/global. Uma dessas formas foi denominada forma-diagnóstico, constituindo o resultado da investigação das novas formas-conteúdo da cidade contemporânea. E a outra apreensão foi denominada forma paradigma-planejamento estratégico, a qual se relaciona com o modelo defendido de cidade que deve ser seguido para se conquistar competitividade na globalização. Sendo o planejamento estratégico a operacionalização desse modelo. Por fim, destaca-se que grande parte da literatura nacional, inclusive na Ciência Geográfica, considera a metrópole de São Paulo uma cidade mundial/global. Nesse sentido, diversos autores destacam seu contexto histórico-geográfico, apontando, assim, uma especificidade do fenômeno: é uma cidade mundial/global da semiperiferia do capitalismo. A literatura internacional, no geral, também considera São Paulo uma cidade mundial/global. Contudo, neste último caso, poucos estudos dedicaram-se a estabelecer relação com São Paulo, já que se concentram, sobretudo, na análise de suas realidades locais. / This dissertation investigates the international and national literature concerning the theories of world, global and post-modern city, highlighting its relations with São Paulo Metropolis. For that, as theoretical resource, it was used the bibliographical research. Thus, it points out that the concepts of world city and global city do not present significant differences, it has been used by the authors depending on the preference of each one. Yet, the concept of post-modern city has a more restricted utilization, if it was compared with the previous terms. Mostly in the international literature, the concept of post-modern city presents an inclination for cultural phenomena approaches in the society. However, in the national literature, such concept is used just a little and, when it appears, it relates more to a pattern of urban planning which prioritizes the needs of hegemonic actors. This way, it was verified that there are two main forms to apprehend the world/global city concept. One of these forms was denominated diagnostic form, constituting the result of new content forms investigation of the contemporary city. And the other apprehension was denominated paradigm strategic planning form, which is related with the model of city that should be followed to acquire competitiveness in the globalization. The strategic planning is the operationalization of this model. Finally, it is highlighted that great part of the national literature, includes in the Geographical Science, considers São Paulo Metropolis a world/global city, as well as in the international literature. In this sense, several authors highlight its historicalgeographical context, and they point to, this way, a phenomenon specificity: its a world/global city of the capitalisms semi periphery. The international literature, in general, also considers São Paulo a world/global city. However, in this last case, few studies have been dedicated to establish relations with São Paulo, since they concentrate, above all, in the analysis of their local realities.

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2016-11-09T10:51:07Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Raul Andreucci.pdf: 5530499 bytes, checksum: 9259bcebc0c1e408601891ec8f279dbb (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-11-09T10:51:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Raul Andreucci.pdf: 5530499 bytes, checksum: 9259bcebc0c1e408601891ec8f279dbb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-09-14 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / How the global city concept relates to the megaevents concept to a certain point that turns it into a status even more desired by cities all over the world. How São Paulo, a global city candidate, participates in the host city bidding process for the 2014 World Cup, a FIFA’s megaevent. How does a World Cup host city bidding process work and, in São Paulo’s case, who are the main actors and which steps should the city undertake. A study of the period before the formalization as World Cup host city. Which documents, its moments, its functions and, mainly, how São Paulo’s bidding promoted São Paulo’s image. How the newspapers from the same period, between December 2006 and May 2009, portray the city. The contrast between a megaevents bidding official image and the critical analysis of a newspaper considered part of the public opinion / Como o conceito de cidade global relaciona-se ao de megaeventos a ponto de torná-lo um status ainda mais cobiçado por cidades do mundo todo. Como São Paulo, postulante a cidade global, insere-se no processo de candidatura a cidade-sede da Copa do Mundo de 2014, um megaevento organizado pela FIFA. Como funciona a candidatura de uma cidade a cidade-sede de uma Copa e, no caso paulistano, quem são os principais atores e a quais etapas tiveram de se submeter. O estudo do período anterior à oficialização de uma cidade como cidade-sede do Mundial. Quais os documentos, seus momentos, suas funções e, principalmente, como a candidatura paulistana vendeu a imagem de São Paulo. Como os jornais do mesmo período, entre dezembro de 2006 e maio de 2009, retratam a cidade. O contraste entre a imagem oficial de uma candidatura a megaeventos e a análise crítica de um jornal considerado parte da opinião pública

Considerada uma das mais importantes atividades econômicas do século XXI, o turismo urbano é o tema desta tese, cujo objetivo foi verificar se a política pública municipal de turismo da cidade de São Paulo considera as reais características da atividade para fundamentar suas ações e estratégias. Abrangente análise de documentos internacionais, por meio do método exploratório-descritivo, permitiu a identificação, organização e apresentação das características da cidade de São Paulo a partir dos conceitos de cidades globais, turismo urbano e políticas públicas de turismo; a comparação das informações coletadas levou à confirmação das hipóteses de trabalho, as quais sugeriam que a política pública municipal de turismo em São Paulo parte de uma visão fragmentada, portanto restrita e parcial, da atividade, tratando o turismo como atividade fim, e não como atividade complementar e necessária ao melhor desenvolvimento das demais atividades da cidade. Concluiu-se que o turismo pode atuar como um dos vetores de desenvolvimento de uma cidade global quando o poder público reconhece seu papel na geração de emprego e renda, e na divulgação de uma imagem atraente para investimentos, negócios e mais visitantes, e as ações de estímulo à atividade sejam orientadas tendo como foco a melhoria da qualidade de vida dos residentes. / One of the most important economic activities of the 21st century, urban tourism is the theme of this thesis, whose purpose was to verify if the local tourism public policy considers tourism by its real characteristics when developing actions and strategies. Broad analysis of international documents, using the exploratory-descriptive model, allowed the identification, organization and demonstration of Sao Paulo city characteristics based on concepts such as global cities, urban tourism and tourism public policy; the comparison of gathered data confirmed the work hypothesis, suggesting that the local tourism public policy in Sao Paulo has a fragmented, restricted and partial view of tourism activity, considering it as an end, not as a needed complementary activity, useful to the other economic activities in the city. As a conclusion, tourism may be considered one of the development strategies in a global city when the government recognizes its role as job creator, income generator, and a city marketing tool for foreign investments, business and additional visitors, and actions to enhance tourism are oriented to the improvement of life quality for residents.

Istanbul undertakes about half of the imports and exports of the country which has been increasing the importance. It is the most developed city in Turkey with a population reaching up to 13.255.685 people in 2010 consisting of %17.98 of the national population. The service sector demand and the real estate production are expected to be high together with the Istanbul&rsquo / s rising position in the globalization process. Upon the increase in demand for global sectors, the production of the commercial real estate tends to increase, which can be observed from construction statistics that are published by the Turkish Statistical Institute. The world city literature developed in several respects. As to the world city/global city concept, there are three main theories that play major roles in understanding the emergence of global command centers and strongly influenced the world city literature that belong to John Friedmann, Saskia Sassen and Manuel Castells. Developments in lines with the world city/global city concept appeared in Istanbul with the 1980&rsquo / s reforms towards economic liberalization, together with the support of the Government to make Istanbul a &lsquo / global city&rsquo / . The city is the primary gateway of Turkey to the global economy and Istanbul has been well ranked in academic rosters of world cities since the beginning of the 21 st century. v When the case of Istanbul is considered, the city as a world city is expected to be relatively at an earlier stage of globalization process, and with respect to these major theories / the attribution of Istanbul seems to have similarity with Friedmann&rsquo / s (1986) &lsquo / world city&rsquo / vision. The main data that reflect the supply of commercial real estate as related to demand in the globalization process are obtained from the data of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), under the published categories of &lsquo / Hotel and etc constructions&rsquo / , &lsquo / Office, Wholesale and Retail Commerce&rsquo / , &lsquo / Traffic and Communication Buildings&rsquo / , &lsquo / Industry and Storage&rsquo / , and &lsquo / Public, Entertainment, Education and Hospital&rsquo / . In order to figure out the place of Istanbul in the globalization process in the country, Istanbul&rsquo / s data are compared with the same data for Ankara and Izmir comprising the years between 2002 and 2010. It is aimed to figure out the developed sectors of Istanbul and to clarify how Istanbul is leading in the production of real estate for the global sectors of both manufacturing and service activities. The developments in respect of globalization process of the city can be expected in the direction of the formation of world city as defined in line with the Friedmann&rsquo / s theory, since not only buildings for service sector activities are produced in Istanbul, but also industrial real estate production at almost equal level during much of the investigated period. It is expected that global city functions, in lines with the Saskia Sassen&rsquo / s framework will develop as world city functions consolidate in Istanbul. Therefore, the commercial real estate production is expected to be more rapid and more in line with the growth of world city functions in Istanbul, compared to two other most developed cities of Turkey which are Ankara and Izmir.

A presente dissertação investiga a literatura internacional e nacional acerca das teorias de cidade mundial, global e pós-moderna, destacando a sua relação com a metrópole de São Paulo. Para tanto, como recurso teórico, foi utilizada a pesquisa bibliográfica. Dessa forma, ressalta-se que os conceitos de cidade mundial e cidade global não apresentam diferenças significativas, sendo utilizados pelos autores a depender de sua preferência. Já o conceito de cidade pós-moderna tem uma utilização mais restrita se comparado com os termos anteriores. Principalmente na literatura internacional, o conceito de cidade pós-moderna apresenta uma inclinação para abordagens de fenômenos culturais da sociedade. Já na literatura nacional, tal conceito é pouquíssimo utilizado e, quando presente, relaciona-se mais com um padrão de planejamento urbano o qual, por sua vez, prioriza as necessidades dos atores hegemônicos. Assim, verificou-se que existem duas formas principais de apreensão do conceito de cidade mundial/global. Uma dessas formas foi denominada forma-diagnóstico, constituindo o resultado da investigação das novas formas-conteúdo da cidade contemporânea. E a outra apreensão foi denominada forma paradigma-planejamento estratégico, a qual se relaciona com o modelo defendido de cidade que deve ser seguido para se conquistar competitividade na globalização. Sendo o planejamento estratégico a operacionalização desse modelo. Por fim, destaca-se que grande parte da literatura nacional, inclusive na Ciência Geográfica, considera a metrópole de São Paulo uma cidade mundial/global. Nesse sentido, diversos autores destacam seu contexto histórico-geográfico, apontando, assim, uma especificidade do fenômeno: é uma cidade mundial/global da semiperiferia do capitalismo. A literatura internacional, no geral, também considera São Paulo uma cidade mundial/global. Contudo, neste último caso, poucos estudos dedicaram-se a estabelecer relação com São Paulo, já que se concentram, sobretudo, na análise de suas realidades locais. / This dissertation investigates the international and national literature concerning the theories of world, global and post-modern city, highlighting its relations with São Paulo Metropolis. For that, as theoretical resource, it was used the bibliographical research. Thus, it points out that the concepts of world city and global city do not present significant differences, it has been used by the authors depending on the preference of each one. Yet, the concept of post-modern city has a more restricted utilization, if it was compared with the previous terms. Mostly in the international literature, the concept of post-modern city presents an inclination for cultural phenomena approaches in the society. However, in the national literature, such concept is used just a little and, when it appears, it relates more to a pattern of urban planning which prioritizes the needs of hegemonic actors. This way, it was verified that there are two main forms to apprehend the world/global city concept. One of these forms was denominated diagnostic form, constituting the result of new content forms investigation of the contemporary city. And the other apprehension was denominated paradigm strategic planning form, which is related with the model of city that should be followed to acquire competitiveness in the globalization. The strategic planning is the operationalization of this model. Finally, it is highlighted that great part of the national literature, includes in the Geographical Science, considers São Paulo Metropolis a world/global city, as well as in the international literature. In this sense, several authors highlight its historicalgeographical context, and they point to, this way, a phenomenon specificity: its a world/global city of the capitalisms semi periphery. The international literature, in general, also considers São Paulo a world/global city. However, in this last case, few studies have been dedicated to establish relations with São Paulo, since they concentrate, above all, in the analysis of their local realities.

Considerada uma das mais importantes atividades econômicas do século XXI, o turismo urbano é o tema desta tese, cujo objetivo foi verificar se a política pública municipal de turismo da cidade de São Paulo considera as reais características da atividade para fundamentar suas ações e estratégias. Abrangente análise de documentos internacionais, por meio do método exploratório-descritivo, permitiu a identificação, organização e apresentação das características da cidade de São Paulo a partir dos conceitos de cidades globais, turismo urbano e políticas públicas de turismo; a comparação das informações coletadas levou à confirmação das hipóteses de trabalho, as quais sugeriam que a política pública municipal de turismo em São Paulo parte de uma visão fragmentada, portanto restrita e parcial, da atividade, tratando o turismo como atividade fim, e não como atividade complementar e necessária ao melhor desenvolvimento das demais atividades da cidade. Concluiu-se que o turismo pode atuar como um dos vetores de desenvolvimento de uma cidade global quando o poder público reconhece seu papel na geração de emprego e renda, e na divulgação de uma imagem atraente para investimentos, negócios e mais visitantes, e as ações de estímulo à atividade sejam orientadas tendo como foco a melhoria da qualidade de vida dos residentes. / One of the most important economic activities of the 21st century, urban tourism is the theme of this thesis, whose purpose was to verify if the local tourism public policy considers tourism by its real characteristics when developing actions and strategies. Broad analysis of international documents, using the exploratory-descriptive model, allowed the identification, organization and demonstration of Sao Paulo city characteristics based on concepts such as global cities, urban tourism and tourism public policy; the comparison of gathered data confirmed the work hypothesis, suggesting that the local tourism public policy in Sao Paulo has a fragmented, restricted and partial view of tourism activity, considering it as an end, not as a needed complementary activity, useful to the other economic activities in the city. As a conclusion, tourism may be considered one of the development strategies in a global city when the government recognizes its role as job creator, income generator, and a city marketing tool for foreign investments, business and additional visitors, and actions to enhance tourism are oriented to the improvement of life quality for residents.

Mall after mall was built in American cities, exhaustively emulated by developers often working in concert with civic governments. In service of capital, neoliberal urban governance engages in the risky subsidization of spatio-spectacle production, working together with private business entities to bolster tax revenue and aid in private capital accumulation. The extensive replication of malls in close geographic proximity to one another across the American landscape, erected through the neoliberal partnerships of civic governments and private business interests, has greatly contributed to mall decline and mall death. There is now, however, a new spatio-spectacle that has arisen to take the place of the "great American shopping mall"—the luxury mixed-use development. These luxury mixed-use projects have been adopted as a new trend within urban development following the reality of sweeping mall decline and are proliferating across the (sub)urban landscape. Luxury mixed-use developments, I argue, are merely a continuation of late capitalism's problematic spectacle fetish. Moreover, this process is revealed to be inextricably entangled with gentrification, driven by cities' neoliberal desires to become/maintain status as global, "world-class" cities, performed through the spatialized ideology of neoliberal multiculturalism.