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International Handbook of Globalization and World Cities
This Handbook offers an unrivalled overview of current research into how globalization is affecting the external relations and internal structures of major cities in the world.
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This Handbook offers an unrivalled overview of current research into how globalization is affecting the external relations and internal structures of major cities in the world.
By treating cities at a global scale, it focuses on the ‘stretching’ of urban functions beyond specific place locations, without losing sight of the multiple divisions in contemporary world cities. The book firmly bases city networks in their historical context, critically discusses contemporary concepts and key empirical measures, and analyses major issues relating to world city infrastructures, economies, governance and divisions. The variety of urban outcomes in contemporary globalization is explored through detailed case studies.
Edited by leading scholars of the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Research Network and written by over 60 experts in the field, the Handbook is a unique resource for students, researchers and academics in urban and globalization studies as well as for city professionals in planning and policy.
By treating cities at a global scale, it focuses on the ‘stretching’ of urban functions beyond specific place locations, without losing sight of the multiple divisions in contemporary world cities. The book firmly bases city networks in their historical context, critically discusses contemporary concepts and key empirical measures, and analyses major issues relating to world city infrastructures, economies, governance and divisions. The variety of urban outcomes in contemporary globalization is explored through detailed case studies.
Edited by leading scholars of the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Research Network and written by over 60 experts in the field, the Handbook is a unique resource for students, researchers and academics in urban and globalization studies as well as for city professionals in planning and policy.
Critical Acclaim
‘This book offers an extremely rich variety of (short) chapters on aspects of flows in network and knowledge societies, highlighting the evolutionary shift in focus from cities and states to places in urban networks and mosaics, in which urbanization and globalization themes are blended. The book is definitely a joyful read for all those researchers interested in urban networks and world cities.’
– Martijn J. Burger and Frank G. van Oort, Journal of Regional Science
‘An academic work of greatest interest to students and scholars of urban studies, urban planning, urban anthropology, urban history, urban geography, and urban sociology.’
– M.E. Pfeifer, Choice
‘As a Handbook, this volume expertly summarizes and reviews the current world cities research. Moreover, it does so in a way that is user-friendly, with short and accessible chapters organized in a coherent framework. Thus, students and researchers new to the area of world cities stand to benefit the most from this book. Supplemented with just a few classic articles, it provides a comprehensive introduction and lays the preliminary groundwork that would be necessary to undertake research on world cities. Likewise, established world cities researchers will find it a ready reference and convenient source for preparing literature reviews. Indeed, it sets an example for the organization and accessibility that future contributions in the world cities literature – both edited volumes and research articles – should aim for.’
– Zachary Neal, Economic Geography
– Martijn J. Burger and Frank G. van Oort, Journal of Regional Science
‘An academic work of greatest interest to students and scholars of urban studies, urban planning, urban anthropology, urban history, urban geography, and urban sociology.’
– M.E. Pfeifer, Choice
‘As a Handbook, this volume expertly summarizes and reviews the current world cities research. Moreover, it does so in a way that is user-friendly, with short and accessible chapters organized in a coherent framework. Thus, students and researchers new to the area of world cities stand to benefit the most from this book. Supplemented with just a few classic articles, it provides a comprehensive introduction and lays the preliminary groundwork that would be necessary to undertake research on world cities. Likewise, established world cities researchers will find it a ready reference and convenient source for preparing literature reviews. Indeed, it sets an example for the organization and accessibility that future contributions in the world cities literature – both edited volumes and research articles – should aim for.’
– Zachary Neal, Economic Geography
Contributors
Contributors: M. Acuto, A.S. Alderson, H. Ali, D. Bassens, H. Bathelt, J.V. Beaverstock, J. Beckfield, A. Boulton, S.D. Brunn, L.C.S. Budd, T. Bunnell, K. Datta, B. Derudder, A. De Vos, L. Devriendt, E. Engelen, Y. Evans, J. Faulconbridge, R. Grant, T.H. Grubesic, C. Grundy-Warr, S. Hall, C. Hamnett, J. Harrison, J. Herbert, M. Hoyler, P. Hubbard, R. Keil, A.D. King, R. Kloosterman, P. Knox, E. Korcelli-Olejniczak, K.P.Y. Lai, B. Lambregts, R.E. Lang, L. Lees, C. Lizieri, E.J. Malecki, T.C. Matisziw, J. May, C. McIlwaine, D. Murakami Wood, C. Nagel, P. Newman, C. Nicholas, J. Nijman, S. Oosterlynck, K. Pain, C. Parnreiter, A.C. Pratt, J. Rennie Short, J.D. Sidaway, D. Smith, R.G. Smith, M. Sparke, P.J. Taylor, A. Thornley, B. van der Knaap, H. van der Wusten, R. Wall, A. Watson, J. Wills, F. Witlox
Contents
Contents:
1. Introduction: A Relational Urban Studies
Ben Derudder, Michael Hoyler, Peter J. Taylor and Frank Witlox
PART I: ANTECEDENTS
I A Histories
2. Historical World City Networks
Peter J. Taylor
3. Cities in the Making of World Hegemonies
Peter J. Taylor, Michael Hoyler and Dennis Smith
4. Imperialism and World Cities
Anthony D. King
5. Political Global Cities
Herman van der Wusten
I B Contemporary Concepts
6. The Interlocking Network Model
Peter J. Taylor
7. On City Cooperation and City Competition
Peter J. Taylor
8. Global City/World City
Ben Derudder, Anneleen De Vos and Frank Witlox
9. Spatial Transformations of Cities: Global City-region? Mega-city Region?
Kathy Pain
I C Relational Empirics
10. World Cities and Airline Networks
Tony H. Grubesic and Timothy C. Matisziw
11. Internet Networks of World Cities: Agglomeration and Dispersion
Edward J. Malecki
12. Corporate Networks of World Cities
Arthur S. Alderson and Jason Beckfield
13. Advanced Producer Servicing Networks of World Cities
Peter J. Taylor, Ben Derudder, Michael Hoyler and Frank Witlox
PART II: WORLD CITY ANALYSES
II A World City Infrastructures
14. Airports: From Flying Fields to Twenty-first Century Aerocities
Lucy C.S. Budd
15. Global Cities, Office Markets and Capital Flows
Colin Lizieri
16. International Trade Fairs and World Cities: Temporary vs. Permanent Clusters
Harald Bathelt
17. Mega-events: Urban Spectaculars and Globalization
John Rennie Short
18 Cyberinfrastructures and ‘Smart’ World Cities: Physical, Human and Soft Infrastructures
Andrew Boulton, Stanley D. Brunn and Lomme Devriendt
II B World City Economies
19 Centrality, Hierarchy and Heterarchy of Worldwide Corporate Networks
Ronald Wall and Bert van der Knaap
20. Business Knowledges Within and Between the World City
James Faulconbridge and Sarah Hall
21. Highly Skilled International Labour Migration and World Cities: Expatriates, Executives and Entrepreneurs
Jonathan V. Beaverstock
22. Grasping the Spatial Paradoxes of Finance: Theoretical Lessons from the Case of Amsterdam
Ewald Engelen
23. The Cultural Economy and the Global City
Andy C. Pratt
24. Starchitects, Starchitecture and the Symbolic Capital of World Cities
Paul Knox
25. How Global is the ‘Global Media’? Analysing the Networked Urban Geographies of Transnational Media Corporations
Allan Watson
26. World Cities of Sex
Phil Hubbard
II C World City Governance
27. Global City-region Governance, Ten Years On
John Harrison
28. Cities and Sustainability: Reflections on a Decade of World Development
Kathy Pain
29. Planning for World Cities: Shifting Agendas and Differing Politics
Peter Newman and Andy Thornley
30. Surveillance in the World City
David Murakami Wood
31. Global Cities and Infectious Disease
Harris Ali and Roger Keil
II D World City Divisions
32. Urban Social Polarization
Chris Hamnett
33. Gentrifying the World City
Loretta Lees
34. The Privileged World City: Private Banking, Wealth Management and the Bespoke Servicing of the Global Super-rich
Jonathan V. Beaverstock
35. Global Workers for Global Cities: Low Paid Migrant Labour in London
Kavita Datta, Cathy McIlwaine, Joanna Herbert, Yara Evans, Jon May and Jane Wills
36. Cultural Diasporas
Caroline Nagel
37. Suburbanization and Global Cities
Roger Keil
PART III: WORLD CITY CASE STUDIES
38. NY-LON
Richard G. Smith
39. Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong Within a Financial Centre Network
Karen P.Y. Lai
40. More than an Ordinary City: The Role of Mexico City in Global Commodity Chains
Christof Parnreiter
41. Mumbai as a Global City: A Theoretical Essay
Jan Nijman
42. Accra: A Globalizing City
Richard Grant
43. Geographies of Power in the Indonesia–Malaysia–Singapore Growth Triangle
Tim Bunnell, Carl Grundy-Warr, James D. Sidaway and Matthew Sparke
44. Randstad Holland: Probing Hierarchies and Interdependencies in a Polycentric World City Region
Bart Lambregts and Robert Kloosterman
45. From National Capital to Dismal Political World City: The Politics of Scalar Disarticulation in Brussels
Stijn Oosterlynck
46. Las Vegas: More than a One-dimensional World City?
Robert E. Lang and Christina Nicholas
47. South Florida: World City, Edgeless City
Robert E. Lang and Christina Nicholas
48. Marked by Dynamics: Berlin and Warsaw in the Process of Functional Change
Ewa Korcelli-Olejniczak
49. ‘The World City Concept Travels East’: On Excessive Imagination and Limited Urban Sustainability in UAE World Cities
David Bassens
50. Sydney: The Wicked Power-geometry of a Greening Global City
Michele Acuto
Index
1. Introduction: A Relational Urban Studies
Ben Derudder, Michael Hoyler, Peter J. Taylor and Frank Witlox
PART I: ANTECEDENTS
I A Histories
2. Historical World City Networks
Peter J. Taylor
3. Cities in the Making of World Hegemonies
Peter J. Taylor, Michael Hoyler and Dennis Smith
4. Imperialism and World Cities
Anthony D. King
5. Political Global Cities
Herman van der Wusten
I B Contemporary Concepts
6. The Interlocking Network Model
Peter J. Taylor
7. On City Cooperation and City Competition
Peter J. Taylor
8. Global City/World City
Ben Derudder, Anneleen De Vos and Frank Witlox
9. Spatial Transformations of Cities: Global City-region? Mega-city Region?
Kathy Pain
I C Relational Empirics
10. World Cities and Airline Networks
Tony H. Grubesic and Timothy C. Matisziw
11. Internet Networks of World Cities: Agglomeration and Dispersion
Edward J. Malecki
12. Corporate Networks of World Cities
Arthur S. Alderson and Jason Beckfield
13. Advanced Producer Servicing Networks of World Cities
Peter J. Taylor, Ben Derudder, Michael Hoyler and Frank Witlox
PART II: WORLD CITY ANALYSES
II A World City Infrastructures
14. Airports: From Flying Fields to Twenty-first Century Aerocities
Lucy C.S. Budd
15. Global Cities, Office Markets and Capital Flows
Colin Lizieri
16. International Trade Fairs and World Cities: Temporary vs. Permanent Clusters
Harald Bathelt
17. Mega-events: Urban Spectaculars and Globalization
John Rennie Short
18 Cyberinfrastructures and ‘Smart’ World Cities: Physical, Human and Soft Infrastructures
Andrew Boulton, Stanley D. Brunn and Lomme Devriendt
II B World City Economies
19 Centrality, Hierarchy and Heterarchy of Worldwide Corporate Networks
Ronald Wall and Bert van der Knaap
20. Business Knowledges Within and Between the World City
James Faulconbridge and Sarah Hall
21. Highly Skilled International Labour Migration and World Cities: Expatriates, Executives and Entrepreneurs
Jonathan V. Beaverstock
22. Grasping the Spatial Paradoxes of Finance: Theoretical Lessons from the Case of Amsterdam
Ewald Engelen
23. The Cultural Economy and the Global City
Andy C. Pratt
24. Starchitects, Starchitecture and the Symbolic Capital of World Cities
Paul Knox
25. How Global is the ‘Global Media’? Analysing the Networked Urban Geographies of Transnational Media Corporations
Allan Watson
26. World Cities of Sex
Phil Hubbard
II C World City Governance
27. Global City-region Governance, Ten Years On
John Harrison
28. Cities and Sustainability: Reflections on a Decade of World Development
Kathy Pain
29. Planning for World Cities: Shifting Agendas and Differing Politics
Peter Newman and Andy Thornley
30. Surveillance in the World City
David Murakami Wood
31. Global Cities and Infectious Disease
Harris Ali and Roger Keil
II D World City Divisions
32. Urban Social Polarization
Chris Hamnett
33. Gentrifying the World City
Loretta Lees
34. The Privileged World City: Private Banking, Wealth Management and the Bespoke Servicing of the Global Super-rich
Jonathan V. Beaverstock
35. Global Workers for Global Cities: Low Paid Migrant Labour in London
Kavita Datta, Cathy McIlwaine, Joanna Herbert, Yara Evans, Jon May and Jane Wills
36. Cultural Diasporas
Caroline Nagel
37. Suburbanization and Global Cities
Roger Keil
PART III: WORLD CITY CASE STUDIES
38. NY-LON
Richard G. Smith
39. Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong Within a Financial Centre Network
Karen P.Y. Lai
40. More than an Ordinary City: The Role of Mexico City in Global Commodity Chains
Christof Parnreiter
41. Mumbai as a Global City: A Theoretical Essay
Jan Nijman
42. Accra: A Globalizing City
Richard Grant
43. Geographies of Power in the Indonesia–Malaysia–Singapore Growth Triangle
Tim Bunnell, Carl Grundy-Warr, James D. Sidaway and Matthew Sparke
44. Randstad Holland: Probing Hierarchies and Interdependencies in a Polycentric World City Region
Bart Lambregts and Robert Kloosterman
45. From National Capital to Dismal Political World City: The Politics of Scalar Disarticulation in Brussels
Stijn Oosterlynck
46. Las Vegas: More than a One-dimensional World City?
Robert E. Lang and Christina Nicholas
47. South Florida: World City, Edgeless City
Robert E. Lang and Christina Nicholas
48. Marked by Dynamics: Berlin and Warsaw in the Process of Functional Change
Ewa Korcelli-Olejniczak
49. ‘The World City Concept Travels East’: On Excessive Imagination and Limited Urban Sustainability in UAE World Cities
David Bassens
50. Sydney: The Wicked Power-geometry of a Greening Global City
Michele Acuto
Index
