Measurement of the World City Network

Urban Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 2367-2376

  Taylor, P J ^a   Catalano, G ^b   Walker, D R F ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METHODOLOGY; NETWORKING; WORLD CITY;

EID: 0942295823     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980220080011     Document Type: Article

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