Global networks : linked cities / / edited by Saskia Sassen

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (377 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.4834
• Soggetto topico: Urban economics; Globalization; Computers and civilization; Information technology - Economic aspects; Business enterprises - Computer networks
• Altri autori: SassenSaskia
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Global networks
• ISBN: 1-134-95496-4; 1-315-53880-6; 1-134-95489-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910798204703321
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