Global networks, linked cities / 
edited by Saskia Sassen. 
 - vii, 368 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction. Locating Cities on Global Circuits /  The Urban Architecture of Global Networks.  The Architecture of Global Networking Technologies /  Communication Grids: Cities and Infrastructure /  Firms and Their Global Service Networks /  Hierarchies of Dominance among World Cities: A Network Approach /  Cross-Border Regions.  Mexico: The Making of a Global City /  The Hormuz Corridor: Building a Cross-Border Region between Iran and the United Arab Emirates /  Sao Paulo: Articulating a Cross-Border Region /  Beirut: Building Regional Circuits /  Network Nodes.  Hong Kong: Global Capital Exchange /  Shanghai: Reconnecting to the Global Economy /  Buenos Aires: Sociospatial Impacts of the Development of Global City Functions /  Local Networks: Digital City Amsterdam /  Saskia Sassen --  D. Linda Garcia.  Stephen Graham.  Peter J. Taylor, D. R. F. Walker and J. V. Beaverstock.  David Smith and Michael Timberlake --  Christof Parnreiter.  Ali Parsa and Ramin Keivani.  Sueli Ramos Schiffer.  Eric Huybrechts --  David R. Meyer.  Felicity Rose Gu and Zilai Tang.  Pablo Ciccolella and Iliana Mignaqui.  Patrice Riemens and Geert Lovink.  Pt. I.  1.  2.  3.  4.  Pt. II.  5.  6.  7.  8.  Pt. III.  9.  10.  11.  12. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415931630 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0415931622 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001041831 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Urban economics--Case studies<br/>Globalization--Case studies<br/>Computers and civilization--Case studies<br/>Information technology--Economic aspects--Case studies<br/>Business enterprises--Computer networks--Case studies
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HT321.  / G55 2002 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.4834