Commodity Chains and World Cities
by Derudder, Ben; Witlox, FrankEdition: 1st
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Pub. Date: 2010-10-04
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary
Transnational spatial relations offer a key point from which to study the geographies of contemporary globalization. This book assesses the possible cross-fertilization between two of the most notable analytical frameworks - the world city network framework and the global commodity chain framework. Transnational spatial relations have become a key analytical lens through which to study the geographies of contemporary globalization Brings together contributions of key researchers from different backgrounds and different parts of the world Offers a set of original approaches to the study of the networked geography of globalization
Author Biography
Ben Derudder is Professor of Human Geography at Ghent University. He is also Associate Director of the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC). His research focuses on the conceptualization and empirical analysis of transnational urban networks, the importance of business travel in the space economy, and the impact of the globalization of transport and production on urban development. Frank Witlox is Professor of Economic Geography at Ghent University. He is also Associate Director of the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC), and a visiting professor at the Institute of Transport and Maritime Management Antwerp (ITMMA). His research focuses on transport economics and geography, city logistics, world cities and globalization, and urban planning.
Table of Contents
| List of Contributors | p. vii |
| World Cities and Global Commodity Chains: an introduction | p. 1 |
| World City Networks and Global Commodity Chains: towards a world-systems' integration | p. 15 |
| Global cities in Global Commodity Chains: exploring the role of Mexico City in the geography of global economic governance | p. 43 |
| City networks and commodity chains: identifying global flows and local connections in Ho Chi Minh City | p. 65 |
| Cities, material flows and the geography of spatial interaction: urban places in the system of chains | p. 91 |
| Integrating world cities into production networks: the case of port cities | p. 111 |
| Intra-firm and extra-firm linkages in the knowledge economy: the case of the emerging mega-city region of Munich | p. 137 |
| Making connections: Global Production Networks and World City Networks | p. 165 |
| Global inter-city networks and commodity chains: any intersections? | p. 179 |
| Index | p. 195 |
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