Global networks, linked cities / edited by Saskia Sassen.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2002Description: vii, 368 pISBN:- 0415931630 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0415931622 (alk. paper)
- 303.4834
- HT321. G55 2002
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303.4834 FOR High-tech society : the story of the information technology revolution / | 303.4834 GAT The road ahead / | 303.4834 GER Digital culture / | 303.4834 GLO Global networks, linked cities / | 303.4834 GOL The cultural logic of computation / | 303.4834 GOV The governance of cyberspace : politics, technology and global restructuring / | 303.4834 HAK Cyborgs@cyberspace? : an ethnographer looks to the future / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Locating Cities on Global Circuits / Saskia Sassen -- Pt. I. The Urban Architecture of Global Networks. 1. The Architecture of Global Networking Technologies / D. Linda Garcia. 2. Communication Grids: Cities and Infrastructure / Stephen Graham. 3. Firms and Their Global Service Networks / Peter J. Taylor, D. R. F. Walker and J. V. Beaverstock. 4. Hierarchies of Dominance among World Cities: A Network Approach / David Smith and Michael Timberlake -- Pt. II. Cross-Border Regions. 5. Mexico: The Making of a Global City / Christof Parnreiter. 6. The Hormuz Corridor: Building a Cross-Border Region between Iran and the United Arab Emirates / Ali Parsa and Ramin Keivani. 7. Sao Paulo: Articulating a Cross-Border Region / Sueli Ramos Schiffer. 8. Beirut: Building Regional Circuits / Eric Huybrechts -- Pt. III. Network Nodes. 9. Hong Kong: Global Capital Exchange / David R. Meyer. 10. Shanghai: Reconnecting to the Global Economy / Felicity Rose Gu and Zilai Tang. 11. Buenos Aires: Sociospatial Impacts of the Development of Global City Functions / Pablo Ciccolella and Iliana Mignaqui. 12. Local Networks: Digital City Amsterdam / Patrice Riemens and Geert Lovink.
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