Specification of the World City Network

By Peter J. Taylor. 2010

557 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations, Urban Studies

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In Economics and Econometrics

1. Ben Derudder
2. Antti Vasanen
3. A. Rodríguez‐Pose
4. John Allen
5. R. Fitjar
6. P. Hall
7. M. Hoyler
8. Wouter Jacobs

In Political Science and International Relations

1. Antti Vasanen
2. Ben Derudder
3. A. Rodríguez‐Pose
4. John Allen
5. M. Hoyler
6. R. Fitjar
7. Wouter Jacobs
8. P. Hall

In Urban Studies

1. Antti Vasanen
2. Ben Derudder
3. A. Rodríguez‐Pose
4. John Allen
5. M. Hoyler
6. R. Fitjar
7. Wouter Jacobs
8. P. Hall

Citations in the corpus

• The Location and Global Network Structure of Maritime Advanced Producer Services (2011, background): “constitution of this interlocking network model, see Taylor (2001).”
• Advanced Producer Service Firms as Strategic Networks, Global Cities as Strategic Places (2014, background): “The world city network is formally specified in Taylor (2001); here we provide the basic outline.”
• Functional Polycentricity: Examining Metropolitan Spatial Structure through the Connectivity of Urban Sub-centres (2012, methodology): “The analysis utilised an interlocking network model which measures the intercity network of intrafirm information flows on the basis of office locations (Taylor, 2001).”
• Powerful City Networks: More than Connections, Less than Domination and Control (2010, background): “…unravel the complex of networks through which cities sustain, enhance, or lose their ability to influence and control what happens around them (Alderson and Beckfield, 2004; Beaverstock et al, 1999, 2000; Carroll, 2007; Neal, 2008; Smith and Timberlake, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2002; Taylor 2001, 2004).”
• Polycentric Puzzles – Emerging Mega-City Regions Seen through the Lens of Advanced Producer Services (2008, background): “Taking their lead from the world city literature, the authors adapt T aylor 's (2001) interlocking network model, originally devised to study intercity relations at the global scale, to measure polycentricity within and beyond city-regions.”
• Buzz, Archipelago Economies and the Future of Intermediate and Peripheral Areas in a Spiky World (2013, background): “…have made interaction at long geographical distances much easier, strengthening the links among large cities often in far away countries and creating a complex web of long-distance interactions in which the largest metropolises are the key nodes (Taylor, 2001; Taylor et al., 2001).”