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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798204703321

Titolo

Global networks : linked cities / / edited by Saskia Sassen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-134-95496-4

1-315-53880-6

1-134-95489-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (377 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SassenSaskia

Disciplina

303.4834

Soggetti

Urban economics

Globalization

Computers and civilization

Information technology - Economic aspects

Business enterprises - Computer networks

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2002 by Routledge.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Locating Cities on Global Circuits; PART I THE URBAN ARCHITECTURE OF GLOBAL NETWORKS; 1. The Architecture of Global Networking Technologies; 2. Communication Grids: Cities and Infrastructure; 3. Firms and Their Global Service Networks; 4. Hierarchies of Dominance among World Cities: A Network Approach; PART II CROSS-BORDER REGIONS; 5. Mexico: The Making of a Global City; 6. The Hormuz Corridor: Building a Cross-Border Region between Iran and the United Arab Emirates; 7. São Paulo: Articulating a Cross-Border Region

8. Beirut: Building Regional CircuitsPART III NETWORK NODES; 9. Hong Kong: Global Capital Exchange; 10. Shanghai: Reconnecting to the Global Economy; 11. Buenos Aires: Sociospatial Impacts of the Development of Global City Functions; 12. Local Networks: Digital City Amsterdam; Notes on the Contributors; Index