Global Networks, Linked Cities

by Sassen, Saskia

• ISBN13: 9780415931625
• ISBN10: 0415931622
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Authors 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. Investigates emerging global cities in the developing world. Softcover available.

Author Biography

Saskia Sassen, professor of sociology at the University of Chicago, is a leading expert on cities

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction. Locating Cities on Global Circuits	p. 1
The Urban Architecture of Global Networks
The Architecture of Global Networking Technologies	p. 39
Communication Grids: Cities and Infrastructure	p. 71
Firms and Their Global Service Networks	p. 93
Hierarchies of Dominance among World Cities: A Network Approach	p. 117
Cross-Border Regions
Mexico: The Making of a Global City	p. 145
The Hormuz Corridor: Building a Cross-Border Region between Iran and the United Arab Emirates	p. 183
Sao Paulo: Articulating a Cross-Border Region	p. 209
Beirut: Building Regional Circuits	p. 237
Network Nodes
Hong Kong: Global Capital Exchange	p. 249
Shanghai: Reconnecting to the Global Economy	p. 273
Buenos Aires: Sociospatial Impacts of the Development of Global City Functions	p. 309
Local Networks: Digital City Amsterdam	p. 327
Notes on the Contributors	p. 347
Index	p. 351
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