GEOG 216 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Globalization And World Cities Research Network, Glocalization, Nationstates
7 Feb 2018
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Geog 216 the world of the city. 30 november 2016: new spatial configurations, with post-fordism and globalization, we see new spatial configurations are emerging. The local is more important than ever: twin geographical forces, local/regional processes, economic activities cluster to benefit from agglomeration economies (marshall"s three conglomeration forces, key clusters as localized industrial production complexes (i. e. new. The principal movers and shakers of global activity: remember, new industrial spaces are not isolated! 2: tend to conglomerate around certain cities, like niss industrial complexes, cities are ranked according to overall world cityness . I. e. , global connectedness in terms of different types of corporate services: estimates of a city"s global service capacity based on 4 corporate services, 1. Accountancy services: counting how many accounting offices are located in different cities across the globe same for the following services, 2. 3: a shit ugly map of the cities, circular networks also shows flows that connect world cities.
