Moreover, theories and parameters on which these rankings are based are clearly constructed out of Western-, or Global North theories and understandings of urbanism (Robinson 20, 2011). This, so the argument here, is not always for the benefit of the respective city and its inhabitants. In other words, rankings and attached parameters influence urban development, also in the Middle East, or the Levant. Despite varying degrees, in both Amman and Tel Aviv-Jaffa, the policies on display show how striving for international importance – and therefore a position in rankings – is a vital impulse for urban development.
This is part two of a report on my recent trip from Tel Aviv-Jaffa to Amman, the capital of Jordan.Ĭritical about them, especially with respect to cities, I would yet like to begin this post with rankings.
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