GEOG 216 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Globalization And World Cities Research Network, Glocalization, Post-Fordism
4 Apr 2016
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World cities hypotheses: how cities are connected with each other. we currently dont have enough data to have a multidimensional index, a clear show on the most connected cities, etc. The dev. of an inventory of global cities. Post-fordism & globalization new spatial conifuration are emerging. the. Economic activities cluster to benefit from agglomeration eco (marshall) Key clusters = localized indus prod complexes. Glocalization: dialectical mov. of globali. and locali. The world city hypotheses shows this glocalization. Theory that the nation-state is becoming more and more irrelevant in the the worl economy and the dynamics (although it is today the biggest actor). disproportion of political. Cities are centers of trade, political power, knowledge creation and dissemination. Essential ingredients for methodological frameworkd to study world cities. After hall, we have friedman and wolff. Degree of enmeshment recall notions of extensity, intensity and velocity.
