Introduction&Yudhishthir Raj Isar，Michael Hoelscher and Helmut K.Anheier 1
PART 1：METROPOLITAN CULTURAL POLITICS，POLICIES AND GOVERNANCE 13
Overarching issues 15
1.Cities as Geopolitical Spaces for the Global Governance of Culture&Katharine Sarikakis 17
2.Communication Networks，Cities and Informal Economies&Ramon Lobato 32
3.Challenges of Governance in Multi-ethnic Cities&Phil Wood 44
4.Cities and Universities：A Virtual Cultural Policy Nexus&Dragan Klaic 61
5.Cities，Culture and Sustainable Development&Nancy Duxbury，Catherine Cullen and Jordi Pascual 73
6.City Branding&Lily Kong 87
7.Competing Cities and Spectacularizing Urban Landscapes&Davide Ponzini 99
8.The Creative Cities Discourse：Production and/or Consumption？&Stuart Cunningham 111
9.The Creative City：Compelling and Contentious&Charles Landry 122
City experiences 131
10.The Production of Culture：Abu Dhabi’s Urban Strategies&Yasser Elsheshtawy 133
11.Amsterdam：A Multicultural Capital of Culture&Simin Davoudi and Wil Zonneveld 145
12.Creative City，City Marketing，Creative Industries and Cultural Policy：Challenges for Antwerp&Annick Schramme and Katia Segers 153
13.‘Creative Governance’ in Berlin？&Janet Merkel 160
14.Brazzaville：A Global Village of African Culture&Patrice Yengo 167
15.Spectacularizing Fes&Justin McGuinness 176
16.Reshaping，Installing，Pioneering，Spearheading…Realignment of Istanbul&Asu Aksoy and Kevin Robins 184
17.Johannesburg：Investing in Cultural Economies or Publics？&Edgar Pieterse and Kim Gurney 194
18.Rich but Divided…The Politics of Cultural Policy in London&Kate Oakley 204
19.The Cultural Mapping of L’viv&Ihor Savchak and Linda Knudsen McAusland 212
20.Marseille-Provence 2013：Cultural Capital，but for What Kind of Europe and under Which Globalization？&Ferdinand Richard 221
21.Medellin：Tales of Fear and Hope&Octavio Arbelaez Tobon 227
22.Melbourne and Brisbane：The Claims of Suburbs&Terry Flew and Mark Gibson 235
23.Mexico City：Cultural Policies，Governance and Civil Society&Lucina Jimenez 243
24.Mumbai：Historic Preservation by Citizens&Abha Narain Lambah 251
25.New York City：City Culture as Public Display&David Halle and Louise Mirrer 257
26.Paris：A Process of Metropolitanization&Stephen W.Sawyer and Mathias Rouet 265
27.Sao Paulo：Rich Culture，Poor Access&Maria Carolina Vasconcelos-Oliveira 272
28.Shanghai：Images of Modernity&Justin O’Connor and Xin Gu 288
29.Torino：A Change of Skin and More&Luca Dal Pozzolo 301
30.Vancouver：The Enigmatic Emerging Cultural Metropolis&Catherine Murray and Tom Hutton 310
31.Venice，Reloaded？A Tale of Urban Life （and Death）&Pier Luigi Sacco 322
32.Cultures and Cities：Some Policy Implications&Yudhishthir Raj Isar 330
33.Ethnographic Snapshots：Visions of Cities&Mieka Ritsema 340
PART 2：INDICATOR SUITES&Michael Hoelscher and Helmut K.Anheier Designer：Donnie Luu 353
Describing and Comparing Culture in Cities Globally：An Overview&Michael Hoelscher 355
Overarching issues 363
1.Trends in Urbanisation 363
2.City Networks and Rankings 371
3.City Comparisons 381
City suites 389
1.Abu Dhabi 389
2.Berlin 395
3.Istanbul 401
4.London 407
5.L’viv 413
6.Mexico City 419
7.New York City 425
8.Sao Paulo 431
9.Shanghai 437
Index 443