Spatial hierarchy and emerging typologies inside world city network
Spatial hierarchy and emerging typologies inside world city network
Author(s): Ilya ChubarovSubject(s): Economy, Geography, Regional studies, Human Geography, Regional Geography, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
Keywords: world city; global city; globalisation; urbanisation; urban hierarchy
Summary/Abstract: The first part of the paper provides a new approach to measuring a spatial structure of world city network (WCN). Based upon the results of media-popular 'global city rankings' produced by several international think tanks, our calculation allowed to reveal global urban hierarchy and identify several subnetworks inside of world cities. The second part of the paper devotes to recent discussions on nature of globalization and urban macrosystems, bearing in mind ranking results. It is shown that a typological approach can provide more insights to a role of city as part of WCN from functional and relationships prospective.
Journal: Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 30
- Page Range: 23-30
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English