Abstract:

This essay seeks to contribute to the contemporary literature on urbanization by focusing on the internal diversity existing in one emerging global city—Miami. We present first overall economic characteristics of this metropolitan area before discussing characteristics of three pairs of municipalities within it. These localities were deliberately selected to highlight contrasts and disparities in the history and present situation of specific places that tend to be ignored or bypassed in general descriptions of a given metropolitan area. A focus on these disparities provides a necessary tool to fully understand the dynamics of urbanization under contemporary capitalism.

摘要：

本文旨在通过关注迈阿密这一新兴全球城市的内部多样性，为当代城市化文献做出贡献。在讨论其中三对城市的特征之前，我们首先介绍该大都市区的总体经济特征。这些地点是经过精心选择的，以突出特定地点的历史和现状的对比和差异，而这些差异和差异在对特定大都市区的一般描述中往往被忽视或绕过。对这些差异的关注为充分理解当代资本主义下城市化的动态提供了必要的工具。