Change in the World City Network, 2000–2012

Professional Geographer

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 624-637

  Derudder, Ben ^a   Taylor, Peter ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beijing; Dubai; Moscow; producer services; Shanghai; world city network

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CORE-PERIPHERY RELATIONS; GLOBAL ECONOMY; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SERVICE SECTOR; WORLD CITY;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; DUBAI [DUBAI (ADS)]; DUBAI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; MOSCOW [MOSCOW (ADS)]; MOSCOW [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SHANGHAI; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84963563171     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2016.1157500     Document Type: Article

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