scholarly journals WORLD CITY-SYSTEM AS A NEW PERCEPTION OF THE WORLD

2012 ◽  
Vol Volume 5 Issue 8 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yavuz ALPTEKİN
Keyword(s):  
World City ◽  
The World ◽  
City System

Economic Globalisation and the Structure of the World City System: The Case of Airline Passenger Data

Urban Studies ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 47 (9) ◽  
pp. 1925-1947 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew C. Mahutga ◽  
Xiulian Ma ◽  
David A. Smith ◽  
Michael Timberlake
Keyword(s):  
World System ◽  
System Structure ◽  
World City ◽  
Urban Hierarchy ◽  
The World ◽  
Airline Passenger ◽  
Passenger Flows ◽  
City System ◽  
Distribution Of Power ◽  
The Relationship

This paper reports results from an analysis of the relationship between the structure of the city-to-city network of global airline passenger flows and the interstate world system. While many scholars suggest that the broader parameters of the world system structure the urban hierarchy embedded within or articulated to it, others argue that the urban hierarchy is decoupling from the world system. The analyses show that there has been some modest convergence in the distribution of power in the world city system. Moreover, they suggest that the mechanism for this convergence is the upward mobility of cities located in the semi-periphery and the east Asian region. The paper closes by considering the implication of these findings for a larger understanding of the relationship between globalisation, the structure of the world city system and its articulation with the world system.

scholarly journals Reply: Whither the Parallel Paths? The Future of Scholarship on the World City System

2006 ◽  
Vol 112 (3) ◽  
pp. 895-904 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Beckfield ◽  
Arthur S. Alderson
Keyword(s):  
World City ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
City System

Intercity Relations and Globalisation: The Evolution of the Global Urban Hierarchy, 1981—2007

Urban Studies ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 47 (9) ◽  
pp. 1899-1923 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur S. Alderson ◽  
Jason Beckfield ◽  
Jessica Sprague-Jones
Keyword(s):  
World City ◽  
Urban Hierarchy ◽  
The World ◽  
City System ◽  
Using Data ◽  
New Geography

How is the world city system changing in the context of globalisation? This question is addressed using data on the headquarter and branch locations of the world’s 500 largest multinationals. The paper employs techniques developed for the analysis of networks to evaluate the more than 6300 cities that are linked together by such firms in terms of their point centrality and, using blockmodelling techniques, in terms of the positions they occupy and roles that they play in the system. The analysis indicates that the world city system is in the midst of substantial restructuring and that it is changing in such a way as to concentrate power in a small number of cities. However, in contrast to some accounts, support is not found for the idea that globalisation is generating a ‘new geography of inequality’ at the level of intercity relations.

scholarly journals Power and Position in the World City System

2004 ◽  
Vol 109 (4) ◽  
pp. 811-851 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur S. Alderson ◽  
Jason Beckfield
Keyword(s):  
World City ◽  
The World ◽  
City System

Engineering as a Prerequisite for Growth: New York and its Infrastructure

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Ennis ◽  
Donald Friedman
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Structural Engineering ◽  
Large City ◽  
Close Correlation ◽  
Structural Type ◽  
World City ◽  
Suspension Bridges ◽  
World Record ◽  
Physical Constraints ◽  
The World

<p>As a world city, New York is famous for many reasons; as a large city located primarily on islands at a complex of rivers, bays, and tidal straits, it has long depended on structural engineering for viability. Prominent structures include underwater vehicular and rail tunnels, bridges of every structural type, and aqueducts. Ten different buildings have held the world record for height, two arch bridges have held the world record for span, and four different suspension bridges have held the world record for their main span. With a multitude of successful businesses and the physical constraints of the geography, the motivation for technical innovation were present, and engineers were ready for the challenges.</p><p>These structures have generally not been built because they would break records, but rather because they served a purpose. For example, the Brooklyn Bridge, with a center span fiIy percent longer than the second- longest at the time of its construction, was built because ferries were the only transportation between New York and Brooklyn, then the first and third largest cities in the country. There is a close correlation, decade by decade and beginning in the 1880s, between what was feasible in terms of structural engineering and what has been built to enable the city to grow and prosper. This paper will examine that correlation and engineers’ role in the city’s evolution.</p>

Chinese Cities in the World-System’s City System: 2001–2014

2020 ◽  
pp. 61-79
Author(s):  
Michael Timberlake ◽  
John Orville Stevens ◽  
Xiulian Ma
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Cities ◽  
The World ◽  
City System
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