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Making ‘Global Sydney’: Spatial Imaginaries, Worlding and Strategic Plans
Author(s) -
Baker Tom,
Ruming Kristian
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of urban and regional research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.456
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1468-2427
pISSN - 0309-1317
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2427.12183
Subject(s) - globality , articulation (sociology) , the imaginary , global city , sociology , expression (computer science) , economic geography , unpacking , political science , geography , globalization , law , computer science , psychology , linguistics , philosophy , politics , psychotherapist , programming language
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.