Locating Migration: Rescaling Cities and Migrants

[email protected] Globalization impacts urban dynamics. Some cities more than others have taken advantage of globalization to become real poles of economic and cultural development or to reinforce their position as major world cities. Other cities have had more difficulties in jumping into the new global economy and are still struggling with the ghosts of their industrial pasts. Between those two extreme modes of city change, all cities are trying to secure their place in transnational networks in order to grasp the benefits of globalization. But globalization is also related to the diversification of migration patterns worldwide and to the emergence of immigrant transnational practices connecting the places of residence and the place of origin.