Global Urban Analysis : A Survey of Cities in Globalization (Hardcover)

Preface 1. Introduction: the GUCP/GaWC Project Part I: GLOBAL-SCALE ANALYSES 2. Command and Control Centres in the World Economy 3. Advanced Producer Service Centres in the World Economy 4. Media Centres in the World Economy 5. The Global City Process Score Part II: WORLD-REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY ANALYSES Introduction 6. Australasian Cities in Globalization 7. Pacific Asian Cities in Globalization 8. Eurasian Cities in Globalization 9. South Asian Cities in Globalization 10. Middle East/North African Cities in Globalization 11. European Cities in Globalization 12. Sub-Saharan Cities in Globalization 13. Northern American Cities in Globalization 14. Latin American Cities in Globalization Global Synthesis: Regional Geography of Global Servicing Part III: KEY COUNTRY & SUB-REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY PROFILES Introduction 15. Australian Cities 16. Chinese Cities 17. Japanese Cities 18. Indian Cities 19. German Cities 20. French Cities 21. Swiss Cities 22. Italian Cities 23. UK Cities 24. Canadian Cities 25. USA Cities 26. Mexican Cities 27. Brazilian Cities 28. South East Asian Cities 29. Arabian Gulf Cities 30. European Post-Soviet Cities 31. Eastern European Cities 32. Nordic Cities 33. Benelux Cities 34. Iberian Cities 35. Southern African Cities 36. Central American Cities Global Synthesis: National and Sub-Regional Contrasts POSTSCRIPT Trends and Change APPENDICES A: Lists of Firms and Cities (i) Firms listed in Forbes 2000 (2006) (ii) All 200 firms in the network analyses (iii) All 525 cities in the network analyses B: Technical Appendix (i) Data collection: Manual for data collectors (ii) Data transformation: Network connectivity and hinterworld calculation