Theoretical Aspects of the International Activity of Megacities in the Transnational Urban Network
Регионология, 2022 Introduction. The international activities of megacities in current circumstances are undergoing significant transformations, and new phenomena are emerging that require updating research approaches, clarifying and supplementing the terminology database.
Maxim I. Kolykhalov
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Existe-t-il un modèle singapourien de développement urbain ?
Belgeo, 2013 In order to attract foreign investments, the Governement of Singapore has shaped the image of the city-state since almost half a century. Singapore has accordingly acquired a “global” dimension and is now renowned for its “competitiveness”.
Olivier Sevin
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Global and non-global city locations: the effect of clusters on the performance of foreign firms
Regional Studies, Regional Science, 2021 This study examines the effects of subnational regional heterogeneity on the performance of foreign firms. Based on the global city concept, it identified regions with and without global connectivity and then compared the effects of within-country ...
Sharif Rasel, Paul Kalfadellis
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Successful, safe and sustainable cities: towards a New Urban Agenda [PDF]
, 2017 There is a growing interest among national governments and international agencies in the contribution of urban centres to sustainable development. The paper outlines the new global agendas to guide this: the Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris ...
Satterthwaite, David
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“From Global Cities to Globalized Urbanization”
Glocalism, 2014 Urbanization rates across the world economy are now higher and more rapid than ever before in human history. What categories and models of urbanization are most appropriate for understanding these transformations, their origins, and their consequences, and for coming to terms with their wide-ranging implications?
Brenner , Neil, Keil , Roger
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Pathways of change : shifting connectivities in the world city network, 2000-08 [PDF]
, 2010 This is an empirical paper that measures and interprets changes in intercity relations at the global scale in the period 2000-08. It draws on the network model devised by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) research group to measure global ...
Bassens, David +10 more
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INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE AND GLOBAL CITY
Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2017 The economic crisis of 2008-2010 caused extensive discussion among leading economists, financial experts, politicians about the need to reform the global financial system with capitals in New York and London. Today international financial centres are the
A. Y. Dolgova
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THE US GLOBAL CITIES AS HUBS FOR FOREIGN TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS
Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2018 Despite the acknowledgment of the global city concept and the importance of transnationalization processes in their formation, the debate regarding global city identification methods continues.
M. E. Pilka, N. A. Sluka
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Random Walks Along the Streets and Canals in Compact Cities: Spectral analysis, Dynamical Modularity, Information, and Statistical Mechanics [PDF]
, 2006 Different models of random walks on the dual graphs of compact urban structures are considered. Analysis of access times between streets helps to detect the city modularity.
B. Hillier +17 more
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Quand l’art public (dé)fait la ville ?
EchoGéo, 2010 The City of Johannesburg is the first and the only South African city that has implemented a “Public Art Policy” since 2007. This policy fits into a wider urban project thanks to which the City aims at (re)defining itself as a post-Apartheid global city.
Pauline Guinard
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