Autore	Sassen Saskia
Edizione	[Core Textbook]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 1991
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (696 p.)
Disciplina	332/.042
Soggetto topico	Financial services industry - New York (State) - New York Financial services industry - Japan - Tokyo Financial services industry - England - London International finance International economic relations
ISBN	1-299-28420-5 1-4008-4748-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- One. Overview -- Part One. The Geography and Composition of Globalization -- Introduction -- Two. Dispersal and New Forms of Centralization -- Three. New Patterns in Direct Foreign Investment -- Four. Internationalization and Expansion of the Financial Industry -- Part Two. The Economic Order of the Global City -- Introduction -- Five. The Producer Services -- Six. Global Cities: Postindustrial Production Sites -- Seven. Elements in a Global Hierarchy -- Part Three. The Social Order of The Global City -- Introduction -- Eight. Employment and Earnings -- Nine. Economic Restructuring as Class and Spatial Polarization -- In Conclusion -- Ten. A New Urban Regime? -- Appendices -- A. Classification of Producer Services by U.S., Japanese, and British SIC -- B. Definitions of Urban Units: Tokyo, London, New York -- C. Population of Selected Prefectures and Major Prefectural Cities -- D. Tokyo's Land Market -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910826012103321

Autore	Sassen, Saskia
Edizione	[2. ed]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2001
Descrizione fisica	xxvi, 447 p. ; 24 cm
Disciplina	332.042
Soggetto topico	Città - Sociologia
ISBN	0691070636
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNISALENTO-991000256439707536

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (377 p.)
Disciplina	303.4834
Altri autori (Persone)	SassenSaskia
Soggetto topico	Urban economics Globalization Computers and civilization Information technology - Economic aspects Business enterprises - Computer networks
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-315-53880-6 1-134-95489-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
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
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910465465403321