Cities in globalization : practices, policies and theories / edited by Peter J. Taylor ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taylor, Peter J. (Peter James), 1944-

Series:

Questioning cities series

Questioning cities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

xvi, 330 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Contents:

Prologue: a lineage for contemporary inter-city studies / Peter J. Taylor 1

1 Introduction: cities in globalization / Peter J. Taylor, Ben Derudder, Pieter Saey, Frank Witlox 13

Part I World city networks 19

2 Globalization and the world city system: preliminary results from a longitudinal data set / Arthur S. Alderson, Jason Beckfield 21

3 Airline passenger flows through cities: some new evidence / Frank Witlox, Ben Derudder 37

4 World city networks 'from below': international mobility and inter-city relations in the global investment banking industry / Jonathan V. Beaverstock 52

5 World cities and the internationalization of design services / Paul L. Knox 72

Part II Inter-city relations in networks and systems 87

6 Urban network development under conditions of uncertainty / G. A. (Bert) van der Knaap 89

7 City networks as tools for competitiveness and sustainability / Roberto Camagni 107

8 Firm linkages, innovation and the evolution of urban systems / Celine Rozenblat, Denise Pumain 130

9 The metropolization of the European urban system in the era of globalization / Stefan Kratke 157

Part III Politics in inter-city relations 185

10 Positioning cities in the world: towards a politics of flow / Phil Hubbard 187

11 Political world cities: where flows through entwined multi-state and transnational networks meet places / Herman van der Wusten 202

12 Inter-city relations and the 'war on terror' / Stephen Graham 219

Part IV Rethinking cities in globalization 237

13 Reading the city in a global digital age: the limits of topographic representation / Saskia Sassen 239

14 Poststructuralism, power and the global city / Richard G. Smith 258

15 The mismatch between concepts and evidence in the study of a global urban network / Ben Derudder 271

16 Cities within spaces of flows: theses for a materialist understanding of the external relations of cities / Peter J. Taylor 287

17 How cities scientifically (do not) exist: methodological appraisal of research on globalizing processes of intercity networking / Pieter Saey 298.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415409845

OCLC:

65978488