Intercity relations and globalisation: The evolution of the global urban hierarchy, 1981-2007

Urban Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1899-1923

  Alderson, Arthur S ^a   Beckfield, Jason ^b   Sprague Jones, Jessica ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; GLOBALIZATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; WORLD CITY;

EID: 77955009827     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098010372679     Document Type: Article

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