Study on the emergence of the Global Cities in the Asia-Pacific Region

本研究的目的是探讨全球城市在亚太地区的出现和全球城市的问题。亚太地区是经济增长最快、贸易和投资相互依存度最高的地区之一。作者研究了亚太地区全球城市的背景和相关问题。为了实现这一目的，作者与不列颠哥伦比亚省的学者组成了联合研究项目，对日本和加拿大的城市进行实地研究。第一年，联合研究小组于1999年1月18日在不列颠哥伦比亚省大学举办了亚太地区全球城市研讨会。第二年，联合研究小组于1999年12月10日在立命馆大学举办了研讨会，并在此基础上，对大温哥华地区的行政管理和城市规划进行了实地考察。在研讨会之前，联合研究小组对福冈和北九州的国际网络和城市规划进行了实地研究。这些城市最近正在与亚洲国家建立联系。在第三年，作者们整理了关于全球城市问题的论文，并出版了会议记录。

The purpose of this study is to examine the emergence of the Global Cities in the Asia Pacific Region and issues of the Global Cities. Asia Pacific Region is the one of the most emerging area in terms of economic growth and intra-dependence of trade and investment within the region. Authors examined background and relating issues of the Global Cities in the Asia Pacific Region. To achieve this purpose, authors formed joint research project with scholars on the University of British Columbia for conducting field research on Japanese and Canadian cities. The outline of the study is as follows ;In the first year, joint research team held symposium on the Global Cities in Asia Pacific Region at the University of British Columbia on January 18, 1999. Following the symposium, joint research team did field research on the administration and city planning in the Greater Vancouver Regional District.In the second year, joint research team held symposium at Ritsumeikan University on December 10, 1999. Before the symposium, joint research team did field research on international network and city planning of Hukuoka and Kitakyusyu. These cities is growing network with Asian countries recently. In the third year, authors arranged papers on the issues of Global Cities and published proceedings.