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The 'global city' misconceived: the myth of 'global management' in transnational service firms [PDF]
, 2002 The ‘global city hypothesis' proposed by Saskia Sassen – and subsequently developed by Manuel Castells and others in the theory of a globalized urban network – has in recent years formed the basis for the argument that power and control in transnational ...
Jones, A., Jones, Andrew M.
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The Concept of an Imperial City in The Modern Global World [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2021 Research background: The author analyzes the phenomenon of cultural identity of the city and its cultural and economic aspects which allows us to create the concept of the Imperial city, and analyze its relationship with its own historical background and
Maltseva Yulia
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Airline data for global city network research: reviewing and refining existing approaches. [PDF]
, 2008 Information on air passenger flows is potentially a prime data source for assessing spatial patterns in the global city network, but previous analyses have been hampered by inadequate and/or partial data.
Derudder, Ben +5 more
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Global Cities and the Ends of Globalism [PDF]
New Global Studies, 2018 Abstract The global city has been both a product and driver of contemporary globalization. But today the global city is under threat from at least two directions. Firstly, despite their astonishing economic growth over the last four decades, they have become deeply divided and polarized in ways that threaten the integrity of the urban
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From cities-states to global cities: the role of cities in global governance
JANUS.NET, e-journal of International Relations, 2017 Global governance has altered institutional architecture and the systemic and institutional conditions under which power is exercised, as well as the characteristics of the political system, the form of government, and the system of intermediation of interests. However, although it has surpassed the State’s dimension of power, it created new interstate
Vaz, Domingos Martins, Reis, Liliana
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Urban Futures: Cities as Agents of Globalization and Innovation
Foresight and STI Governance, 2011 The increasing complexity of globalization is reflected in the rapid growth of urban areas and expanding mega cities, where the majority of the world’ population is concentrated and where new trends in society and economy develop.
Marina Boykova +2 more
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Global Cities and The Future of Demographic Transformation
Sosyal Siyaset Konferansları Dergisi, 2021 The structural transformation adventure of urbanization in global cities is always closely linked to economic development. Today, thanks to the demographic transformation that includes this economic situation, migrants have started to spread to small and
İskender Güneş
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From global city makers to global city-shapers: Migration industries in the global city networks
Urban Studies, 2022 Recently, increasing migrant-led diversity of urban spaces can be expected to be especially observed in global cities, where global flows of capital, goods and people are concentrated. Although this connection between the global phenomenon of transnational migration and the local socio-spatial impacts on the cities appears evident, empirical research ...
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City Life and Social Change: Urban Journalism and Global Media Ethics
, 2021 This chapter considers the concept of ‘urban journalism’ and how it might lead us to an understanding of a global media ethics. While urban journalism has been the focus of some study in the past 15–20 years, it has been inherently tied to international ...
Susan Forde, Forde, Susan
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Marina Bay et l’aménagement du front de mer à Singapour
Géographie et Cultures, 2007 Landscape master plan at Marina Bay aims at enhancing Singapore’s image as a « City-in-a-Garden ». That is the reason why in the City-State, natural environment resume nowadays to neatly manicured areas.
Olivier Sevin
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