Table of Contents: “…Jones -- Looking for a Shared Identity / José de Souza Martins -- Worlds Set Apart / Teresa Caldeira -- The Mirage and Its Limits / Raul Juste Lores -- Living on the Edge / Fernando de Mello Franco -- Istanbul: The City too Big to Fail / Deyan Sudjic -- Bridging histories / Ilhan Tekeli -- The Hinge City / Richard Sennett -- It's Istanbul (not Globalization) / Hashim Sarkis -- The Violence of Change / Asu Aksoy -- The Contours of Concrete / Ömer Kanipak -- Measuring Success / Caglar Keyder -- Data: Vital Statistics: Nine Cities Compared -- Understanding the Numbers / Justin McGuirk -- Understanding What People Think / Tony Travers -- Reflections: Boundaries and Borders / Richard Sennett -- No Frills and Bare Life / Alejandro Zaera-Polo -- City Solutions to Global Problems / Nicholas Stern, Dimitri Zenghelis and Philipp Rode -- Democracy and Governance / Gerald E. …”