ISBN:
0-415-93162-2
,
0-415-93163-0
Language:
English
Pages:
VII, 368 S. : graph. Darst., Kt.
Series Statement:
Urban studies : geography
DDC:
303.48/34 21
Keywords:
Entreprises - Réseaux d'ordinateurs - Cas, Études de
;
Internationalisatie
;
Mondialisation - Cas, Études de
;
Netwerken
;
Ordinateurs et civilisation - Cas, Études de
;
Stedelijke economie
;
Technische vernieuwing
;
Technologie de l'information - Aspect économique - Cas, Études de
;
Économie urbaine - Cas, Études de
;
Globalisierung
;
Unternehmen
;
Urban economics -- Case studies
;
Globalization -- Case studies
;
Computers and civilization -- Case studies
;
Information technology -- Economic aspects -- Case studies
;
Business enterprises -- Computer networks -- Case studies
;
Stadt.
;
Globalisierung.
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Fallstudiensammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Fallstudiensammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Fallstudiensammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Fallstudiensammlung
;
Bibliographie enthalten
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Bibliographie enthalten
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Bibliographie enthalten
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Stadt
;
Globalisierung
Abstract:
In her pioneering book The Global City, Saskia Sassen argued that certain cities in the post-industrial world have become central nodes in the new service economy, strategic sites for the acceleration of capital and information flows as well as spaces of increasing socio-economic polarization. One effect has been that such cities have gained in importance and power relative to nation-states. In this new collection of essays, Sassen and a distinguished group of contributors expand on the author's earlier work in a number of important ways, focusing on two key issues. First, they look at how information flows have bound global cities together in networks, creating a global city web whose constituent cities become "global" through the networks they participate in. Second, they investigate emerging global cities in the developing world - Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Mexico City, Beirut, the Dubai - Iran corridor, and Buenos Aires. They show how these globalizing zones are not only replicating many features of the top tier of global cities, but are also generating new socio-economic patterns as well.
Note:
Literaturangaben
URL:
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