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Pathways of change: shifting connectivities in the world city network, 2000-08

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posted on 2010-07-30, 10:27 authored by Ben Derudder, Peter J. Taylor, Pengfei Ni, Anneleen De Vos, Michael HoylerMichael Hoyler, Heidi Hanssens, David Bassens, Jin Huang, Frank Witlox, Wei Shen, Xiaolan Yang
This is an empirical paper that measures and interprets changes in intercity relations at the global scale in the period 2000-08. It draws on the network model devised by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) research group to measure global connectivities for 132 cities across the world in 2000 and 2008. The measurements for both years are adjusted so that a coherent set of services/cities is used. A range of statistical techniques is used to explore these changes at the city level and the regional scale. The most notable changes are: the general rise of connectivity in the world city network; the loss of global connectivity of US and Sub-Saharan African cities (Los Angeles, San Francisco and Miami in particular); and, the gain in global connectivity of south Asian, Chinese and eastern European cities (Shanghai, Beijing and Moscow in particular).

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  • Social Sciences

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  • Geography and Environment

Citation

DERUDDER, B. ... et al, 2010. Pathways of change: shifting connectivities in the world city network, 2000-08. Urban Studies, 47 (9), pp.1861-1877.

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Sage (© Urban Studies Journal Limited)

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publication date

2010

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The definitive version is available at: http://usj.sagepub.com/content/47/9/1861

ISSN

0042-0980;1360-063X

Language

  • en

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