Subject(s): Cities and towns inGrowth -- Globalization -- Political-Economic Development -- Ento-territorial fragmentation -- Globalisation -- Global and local forces in cities undergoing political changes -- Berlin: coping with the past-looking ahead -- Political-economic development -- Geopolitical location -- Political insecurities -- Population explosion and stagnation -- Structural change in the economy: industrial and services sectors -- Potential as a new transport hub -- Difficult legacy of urban housing policies -- Suburbanisation -- Political geography of an eternal city: ethno-territorial fragmentation in a united Jerusalem -- Spatial and functional patterns of division and unification -- Socio-spatial dimensions of contemporary Jerusalem -- Jerusalem metropolis -- Jerusalem and Israel-Palestine peace process -- Power transfer -- Hong Kong: china's global city -- Multiple facets of change : Historical, political. cultural, economical -- Hong kong's functions as a global city -- Challenges facing urban planning -- Environment and nature conservation re-evaluated -- Local consequences of global change -- Sarajevo: isolation in a country falling apart -- Urbicide in the decade of the Balkan wars -- Regional conflict and international engagements -- Urban agglomeration -- International reconstruction programme and measures towards stabilisation -- Customs and fiscal assistance office (CAFAO) -- International finance corporation (IFC) -- Infrastructural services -- Public transport, drinking water, canalisation system, power supply, natural gas supply, media and communication, media services, education -- Organisation for security and cooperation in Europe (OSCE)