![]() ![]() GaWC, with its measures of network connectivity, has contributed to this situation with its rankings of the importance of cities in the world city network. But beyond boosterism there has been a genuine concern for cities as business centres in a rapidly globalizing world economy. Some years ago my city, Newcastle, was ranked above Rio as a ‘world party city' it made headlines in the local press. People are interested in where their city ranks and this can be fun. And so it is with cities, there are numerous rankings of cities available in both the commercial and academic spheres. We live in an age of ‘list-mania' there is so much information available that ordering selected topics has become popular entertainment. Results are used to reflect on cities and city/state relations in the context of the global ecological and economic crisis.(Z) Measuring the World City Network: New Results and Developments Through an analysis of the intra-company flows of 175 leading global service firms across 526 cities in 2012, this book assesses cities in terms of their overall network connectivity, the regional configurations they form, and their changing position in the period 2000-12. It provides a comprehensive and systematic description and analysis of the world city network as the 'skeleton' upon which contemporary globalization has been built. Taylor and Derudder's unique and illuminating book provides both an update and a substantial revision of the first edition that was published in 2004. ![]() ![]() It is the myriad of flows between office towers in different metropolitan centres that has produced a world city network. Summary: "With the advent of multinational corporations, the traditional urban service function has 'gone global.' In order to provide services to globalizing corporate clients, the offices of major financial and business service firms across the world have generated networks of work. ![]()
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