![]() ![]() Daly and Stimson, 1992 O'Connor and Stimson, 1995), while this is particularly problematic given the pervasive nature of globalization. For instance, some authors have reified the lower ranks of the hierarchy as ‘sub-global cities’ (e.g. As a consequence, somewhat vague discourses on patterns of global competence in the outer reaches of the world city network have dominated the debates. In other words, the highest ranks of the world city network may very well stand out, but the absence of more detailed taxonomies of cities below the leading cities in the world economy is a problem. While it is obvious that cities like London and New York are world cities, there has hardly been a consensus as to the status of less significant cities in this context (Beaverstock et al., 1999). ![]() Knox, 1995), often limited to the highest ranks of the hierarchy (e.g. The lack of theoretical agreement and associated dearth of suitable data on the defining characteristics of world cities has resulted in a series of ad hoc taxonomies (e.g. 71), were used by global capital as ‘basing points’ in the spatial organization and articulation of production and markets, and the resulting linkages make it possible to arrange them into a complex spatial hierarchy. These key world cities, as asserted in Friedmann’s seminal World City Hypothesis (1986, p. For the first time, a shift from an international to a global economy, characterized by increasingly integrated global networks of production and services, was recognized whereby world cities played an important role (Amin and Thrift, 1992). The contemporary study of world cities started with Friedmann and Wolff’s (1982) identification of 'command centers' to control and articulate the 'new international division of labour' being created by multinational corporations. Partners: Geert Wets (Limburgs Universitair Centrum) Grant holders: Frank Witlox (Project Leader), Ben Derudder and Piet Saey (Ghent University) ![]() Quantifying the World City Network: An advanced exploratory research to further specify, measure and analyse the relationship between world cities and contemporary globalizationįunded by: FWO (Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek) ![]()
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