Globalization and world cities: some measurement methodologies

被引:98
作者
Beaverstock, JV [1 ]
Smith, RG
Taylor, PJ
Walker, DRF
Lorimer, H
机构
[1] Loughborough Univ Technol, Dept Geog, Loughborough LE11 3TU, Leics, England
[2] Univ Leicester, Dept Geog, Leicester LE1 7RH, Leics, England
[3] Univ Aberdeen, Dept Geog, Aberdeen AB9 3UF, Scotland
基金
英国经济与社会研究理事会;
关键词
GaWC; globalization; global observatory; producer services; world cities;
D O I
10.1016/S0143-6228(99)00016-8
中图分类号
P9 [自然地理学]; K9 [地理];
学科分类号
0705 ; 070501 ;
摘要
An Achilles heel of world city research is the lack of available data that quantifies the changing positions of cities in the world city system and hierarchy. This paper begins to address this poverty of data by showing that appropriate data can be identified and analysed to study relations between world cities. The paper contains three distinct sections which deal with the practicalities of the generation, collection and storage of relational data. First, the necessity of standardization, to make comparisons between world cities' relations credible, is advanced. Secondly, three different measurement methodologies (of increasing power, but with specific functions) are advanced (surrogate, labour and organizational), and illustrated through three pieces of research, to specify a world city's external relations. Thirdly, both practical ways of organizing research to obtain relational data, and a World Wide Web initiative designed to store and make available data across the globe, are outlined. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:43 / 63
页数:21
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