Measurement of the World City Network
Measurement of the World City Network
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DOI：
10.1080/00420980220080011
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发表时间：
2002-12
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影响因子：
4.7
通讯作者：
P. Taylor;G. Catalano;David R. F. Walker
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作者：
P. Taylor;G. Catalano;David R. F. Walker
本文的目的是描述一组数据的建设，可用于衡量城市间的关系。建立在一个规范的世界城市网络作为一个“联锁网络”，其中商业服务公司在网络的形成中发挥了至关重要的作用，信息收集从全球服务公司的规模，他们在一个城市的存在和任何“域外”的功能，他们的办公室。这些信息被转换成数据，以316（城市）× 100（公司）矩阵的形式提供一个城市的“服务价值”。这些数据用于衡量城市的全球网络连通性。在初步分析中，本文的结论是一个简单的相关性练习，显示纽约和伦敦是“例外”，而不是“典范”之间的当代世界城市。
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) X 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.