Global Urban Analysis
A Survey of Cities in Globalization
1st Edition
Published on 29. October 2010
Book
Hardback
438 pages
978-1-84971-213-2 (ISBN)
Description
Global Urban Analysis provides a unique insight into the contemporary world economy through a focus on cities. It is based upon a large-scale customised data collection on how leading businesses use cities across the world: as headquarter locations, for finance, for professional and creative services, for media. These data - involving up to 2000 firms and over 500 cities - provide evidence for both how the leading cities, sometimes called global cities, are coming to dominate the world economy, and how hundreds of other cities are faring in this brave new urban world. Thus can the likes of London, New York and Hong Kong be tracked as well as Manchester, Cleveland and Guangzhou, and even Plymouth, Chattanooga and Xi'an. Cities are assessed and ranked in terms of their importance for various functions such as for financial services, legal services and advertising, plus novel findings are reported for the geographical orientations of their connections. This is truly a comprehensive survey of cities in globalization covering global, world-regional, and national scales of analysis: - 4 key chapters outline the global structure of the world economy featuring the leading cities; - 9 regional chapters covering the whole world also feature the level of services provided by 'medium' cities; - 22 chapters on selected countries and sub-regions indicate global-ness and local-ness and feature an even wider range of cities. Written in an easy to understand style, this book is a must read for anybody interested in their own city in the world and how it relates to other cities.
Reviews / Votes
'An indispensable resource for scholars and practitioners around the world.' - Roger Keil, Professor and Director, The City Institute at York University'This impressive compilation marks a milestone in the international cooperation of researchers on cities in globalization. It will be an indispensable resource for scholars and practitioners around the world.' - Roger Keil, Professor and Director, The City Institute at York University
'The culmination of two decades of work developing a new methodology and building the largest available data set on cities in a global world. This is an extraordinary advance for the now urgent need to measure the diverse and variable connections among cities across borders and time-zones.'- Saskia Sassen, author of The Global City and Professor, Columbia University
'Intensified business connections among cities form one of the key expressions of contemporary globalization; their nature and geography are constantly changing. Global Urban Analysis provides the most comprehensive investigation of such connections that has ever been undertaken. Based on a sophisticated theorization of the global urban system, well-crafted methodological tools and an awesome trove of empirical data, this book is a truly path-breaking analysis of globalized urbanization. This is an essential resource for all who are concerned to understand and to influence the changing shape of our hyperurbanized world.'- Neil Brenner, Professor of Sociology and Metropolitan Studies, New York University
'For the first time we can evaluate cities in our own country while seeing how they relate to the rest of the global economy. This is a breathtaking achievement.' - Fan Gang, Economist and Vice Chairman of the China Reform Foundation (NERI-China), Beijing, China
'I can recommend Global Urban Analysis as a benchmark volume for planners and others who study the changing world and its major cities.' - Edward J. Malecki, Journal of Planning and Education and Research
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
860 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84971-213-2 (9781849712132)
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A Survey of Cities in Globalization
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A Survey of Cities in Globalization
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Peter J. Taylor | Pengfei Ni | Ben Derudder
Global Urban Analysis
A Survey of Cities in Globalization
E-Book
06/2012
1st Edition
Routledge
€64.49
Available for download
Persons
Peter J. Taylor is Professor of Geography and Environmental Management at Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK, and Director of the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Research Network.
Pengfei Ni is Professor of Economics at the Institute of Finance and Trade Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Beijing, China, and Secretary General of the Global Urban Competitiveness Project (GUCP).
Ben Derudder is Lecturer in Human Geography at Ghent University, Belgium, and Associate Director of GaWC.
Michael Hoyler is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at Loughborough University, UK, and Associate Director of GaWC.
Jin Huang is Lecturer at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China, and Research Fellow at GUCP.
Frank Witlox is Professor of Economic Geography at Ghent University, Belgium, and Associate Director of GaWC.
Pengfei Ni is Professor of Economics at the Institute of Finance and Trade Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Beijing, China, and Secretary General of the Global Urban Competitiveness Project (GUCP).
Ben Derudder is Lecturer in Human Geography at Ghent University, Belgium, and Associate Director of GaWC.
Michael Hoyler is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at Loughborough University, UK, and Associate Director of GaWC.
Jin Huang is Lecturer at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China, and Research Fellow at GUCP.
Frank Witlox is Professor of Economic Geography at Ghent University, Belgium, and Associate Director of GaWC.
Content
Preface
1. Introduction: the GUCP/GaWC Project
Part I: GLOBAL-SCALE ANALYSES
2. Command and Control Centres in the World Economy
3. Advanced Producer Service Centres in the World Economy
4. Media Centres in the World Economy
5. The Global City Process Score
Part II: WORLD-REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY ANALYSES
Introduction
6. Australasian Cities in Globalization
7. Pacific Asian Cities in Globalization
8. Eurasian Cities in Globalization
9. South Asian Cities in Globalization
10. Middle East/North African Cities in Globalization
11. European Cities in Globalization
12. Sub-Saharan Cities in Globalization
13. Northern American Cities in Globalization
14. Latin American Cities in Globalization
Global Synthesis: Regional Geography of Global Servicing
Part III: KEY COUNTRY & SUB-REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY PROFILES
Introduction
15. Australian Cities
16. Chinese Cities
17. Japanese Cities
18. Indian Cities
19. German Cities
20. French Cities
21. Swiss Cities
22. Italian Cities
23. UK Cities
24. Canadian Cities
25. USA Cities
26. Mexican Cities
27. Brazilian Cities
28. South East Asian Cities
29. Arabian Gulf Cities
30. European Post-Soviet Cities
31. Eastern European Cities
32. Nordic Cities
33. Benelux Cities
34. Iberian Cities
35. Southern African Cities
36. Central American Cities
Global Synthesis: National and Sub-Regional Contrasts
POSTSCRIPT
Trends and Change
APPENDICES
A: Lists of Firms and Cities
(i) Firms listed in Forbes 2000 (2006)
(ii) All 200 firms in the network analyses
(iii) All 525 cities in the network analyses
B: Technical Appendix
(i) Data collection: Manual for data collectors
(ii) Data transformation: Network connectivity and hinterworld calculation
1. Introduction: the GUCP/GaWC Project
Part I: GLOBAL-SCALE ANALYSES
2. Command and Control Centres in the World Economy
3. Advanced Producer Service Centres in the World Economy
4. Media Centres in the World Economy
5. The Global City Process Score
Part II: WORLD-REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY ANALYSES
Introduction
6. Australasian Cities in Globalization
7. Pacific Asian Cities in Globalization
8. Eurasian Cities in Globalization
9. South Asian Cities in Globalization
10. Middle East/North African Cities in Globalization
11. European Cities in Globalization
12. Sub-Saharan Cities in Globalization
13. Northern American Cities in Globalization
14. Latin American Cities in Globalization
Global Synthesis: Regional Geography of Global Servicing
Part III: KEY COUNTRY & SUB-REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY PROFILES
Introduction
15. Australian Cities
16. Chinese Cities
17. Japanese Cities
18. Indian Cities
19. German Cities
20. French Cities
21. Swiss Cities
22. Italian Cities
23. UK Cities
24. Canadian Cities
25. USA Cities
26. Mexican Cities
27. Brazilian Cities
28. South East Asian Cities
29. Arabian Gulf Cities
30. European Post-Soviet Cities
31. Eastern European Cities
32. Nordic Cities
33. Benelux Cities
34. Iberian Cities
35. Southern African Cities
36. Central American Cities
Global Synthesis: National and Sub-Regional Contrasts
POSTSCRIPT
Trends and Change
APPENDICES
A: Lists of Firms and Cities
(i) Firms listed in Forbes 2000 (2006)
(ii) All 200 firms in the network analyses
(iii) All 525 cities in the network analyses
B: Technical Appendix
(i) Data collection: Manual for data collectors
(ii) Data transformation: Network connectivity and hinterworld calculation