Leading World Cities: Empirical Evaluations of Urban Nodes in Multiple Networks

This is an empirical paper that uses an interlocking network model to evaluate the importance of leading world cities within contemporary globalisation. Cities are treated as locales through which four globalisations—economic, cultural, political and social—are produced and reproduced. Sixteen sets...

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Published inUrban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland) Vol. 42; no. 9; pp. 1593 - 1608
Main Author Taylor, Peter J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England Routledge Journal, Taylor & Francis Ltd 01.08.2005
SAGE Publications
Longman Group
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Architecture
Bgi / Prodig
Cities
City politics
Comparative analysis
Connectivity
Culture
Datasets
Dental articulators
Economic development
Economic globalization
Empirical research
Global Cities
Globalization
Human geography
Law firms
Location of enterprises
Location of industry
Non-governmental organizations
Nongovernmental organizations
Politics
United Nations
Urban development
Urban economics
Urban geography
Urban studies
Urban systems and networks
Taxonomy
Town
Globalization
Network
World city
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Summary:This is an empirical paper that uses an interlocking network model to evaluate the importance of leading world cities within contemporary globalisation. Cities are treated as locales through which four globalisations—economic, cultural, political and social—are produced and reproduced. Sixteen sets of data describing agents of global network formation, such as global service firms, NGOs and UN agencies, are analysed to measure cities' overall network locations and sub-net articulator roles. Analyses are synthesised in a taxonomy of leading world cities that identifies five classes of 'global city' and types of other world cities.
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ISSN:0042-0980
1360-063X
DOI:10.1080/00420980500185504