1. Urban Geography: Changing Cities
This account of Paris will look at how Paris has become a "global" city, and how it plans to remain there, and the problems that it faces. ... Globalisation has a large effect on the urban fabric of Paris. ... The city with the highly specialised services and financial innovation "a site for post-industrial production" (Sassen 1991) The service sector still employs 2.3 million people within the Ile-de-France region. ... Leading to strong social polarisation within Paris. ... This led to a high unemployment level in Paris. ...
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