Cities and globalization: An international cities perspective

Urban Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 209-231

  Huang, Yefang ^a   Leung, Yee ^a   Shen, Jianfa ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Advanced service firms; Globalization; International cities; Urban system; World cities

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL ECONOMY; GLOBALIZATION; URBAN SYSTEM; WORLD CITY;

EID: 42649139990     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.28.3.209     Document Type: Article

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