Changing Connectivities of Chinese Cities in the World City Network, 2010–2016

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 183-201

  Derudder, Ben ^a   Cao, Zhan ^a,b   Liu, Xingjian ^c   Shen, Wei ^d   Dai, Liang ^a   Zhang, Weiyang ^a   Caset, Freke ^a   Witlox, Frank ^a   Taylor, Peter J ^e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

changing connectivities; China; city; producer services; world city network

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GLOBALIZATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; WORLD CITY;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHANGSHAN; CHENGDU; CHINA; CHONGQING; HUBEI; SICHUAN; WUHAN; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 85043767482     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: 1993064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-018-0938-6     Document Type: Article

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