Taipei as a Global City: A Theoretical and Empirical Examination

The paper discusses Taipei's status as a regional global city within the context of the theoretical framework of Hill and Kim. The discussion is based on both theoretical and empirical considerations. On the one hand, theoretical discourses revolving around global cities tend to ignore the poss...

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Published inUrban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland) Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 309 - 334
Main Author Wang, Chia-Huang
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England Carfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis Ltd 01.02.2003
SAGE Publications
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Cities
City halls
City politics
East Asia
Economic development
Empirical research
Foreign residents
Government
Manufacturing industries
Mayors
Municipal governments
Service industries
State
Taiwan
Theory
Urban development
Urban studies
Taipei Taiwan
Taiwan
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Summary:The paper discusses Taipei's status as a regional global city within the context of the theoretical framework of Hill and Kim. The discussion is based on both theoretical and empirical considerations. On the one hand, theoretical discourses revolving around global cities tend to ignore the possible variations between global cities, so much so that the type based on New York has been regarded as a standard global city and the politico-economic peculiarities of Tokyo and Seoul have tended to be downplayed. On the other hand, Taipei, a Third World city that might gain the status of a regional global city, has not hitherto received extensive examination and observation. Resorting to the binary framework formulated by Hill and Kim to emphasise the salient features of Tokyo and Seoul, the author describes and underscores Taipei's development experiences.
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ISSN:0042-0980
1360-063X
DOI:10.1080/00420980220080291