TY - JOUR
T1 - Making 'Global Sydney'
T2 - Spatial imaginaries, worlding and strategic plans
AU - Baker, Tom
AU - Ruming, Kristian
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - This article critically examines the expression of global spatial imaginaries in urban policy and planning. Following recent calls to understand how the global is 'made up' in and through cities, we argue for the usefulness of Roy and Ong's concept of 'worlding'. By analysing how strategic spatial plans envisage 'Global Sydney', the article reveals a constitutive spatial imaginary informed by the articulation of three interrelated elements: global city standards, comparative techniques and extra-local policy models. Unpacking how cities are selectively worlded through spatial imaginaries, the article advances an approach to urban globality as actively cultivated and differentially produced.
AB - This article critically examines the expression of global spatial imaginaries in urban policy and planning. Following recent calls to understand how the global is 'made up' in and through cities, we argue for the usefulness of Roy and Ong's concept of 'worlding'. By analysing how strategic spatial plans envisage 'Global Sydney', the article reveals a constitutive spatial imaginary informed by the articulation of three interrelated elements: global city standards, comparative techniques and extra-local policy models. Unpacking how cities are selectively worlded through spatial imaginaries, the article advances an approach to urban globality as actively cultivated and differentially produced.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84923901985&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/1468-2427.12183
DO - 10.1111/1468-2427.12183
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84923901985
SN - 0309-1317
VL - 39
SP - 62
EP - 78
JO - International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
JF - International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
IS - 1
ER -