Measurement of the World City Network

The purpose of this paper is to describe the construction of a set of data that can be used to measure intercity relations. Building on a specification of the world city network as an 'interlocking network' in which business service firms play the crucial role in network formation, informa...

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Published in:	Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland) Scotland), 2002-12, Vol.39 (13), p.2367-2376
Main Authors:	Taylor, P. J., Catalano, G., Walker, D. R. F.
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Accountancy Bgi / Prodig Business structures Cities Connectivity Geography Globalization Human geography Law firms Urban geography Urban studies Urban systems Urban systems and networks World economy
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Summary:	The purpose of this paper is to describe the construction of a set of data that can be used to measure intercity relations. Building on a specification of the world city network as an 'interlocking network' in which business service firms play the crucial role in network formation, information is gathered from global service firms about the size of their presence in a city and about any 'extra-territorial' functions of their offices. This information is converted into data to provide the 'service value' of a city for a firm's provision of its service in a 316 (cities) × 100 (firms) matrix. These data are used to measure the global network connectivity of the cities. In an initial analysis, the paper concludes with a simple correlation exercise that shows New York and London to be 'exceptions' rather than 'exemplars' amongst contemporary world cities.
ISSN:	0042-0980 1360-063X