Multiple urban geographies of global connectivity change, 2000-2022
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Keywords: Global connectivity, urban development, multiplexity
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Ben Derudder, KU Leuven
Jiayi Lu, KU Leuven
Peter J. Taylor, Northumbria University
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We draw on measures of cities’ global connectivity to present an analysis of the multiple urban geographies of connectivity change between 2000 and 2022. Our approach is based on the data and methodology devised in the context of the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) research network, which in 2022 consisted of a network analysis of the way in which 175 producer services firms ‘interlock’ around 700 cities through their worldwide distribution of offices. A range of absolute and relative measures of connectivity change are developed for different timeframes for which we gathered similar data. These measures are subsequently analyzed from a range of complementary geographical perspectives: alongside changes at the level of individual cities, we examine global, world-regional, and country-level patterns of change. Results are used to reflect on the importance of utilizing multiple, complementary geographical imaginations as we interpret uneven growth.
Multiple urban geographies of global connectivity change, 2000-2022
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