The China-Europe Railway Express has now reached more than 200 cities in 25 European countries, comprising 86 routes passing through the main regions of the Eurasian hinterland at a speed of 120 km per hour. Its logistics distribution network covers the entire Eurasian continent. By the end of ...
Global cities are defined, on the one hand, as the major command and control centres of the world economy and, on the other hand, as the most significant sites of the production of innovation. As command and control centres, they are home to the headquarters of the most powerful MNCs of...
Global cities are characterized by a concentration of international organizations, multinational corporations, and financial institutions. New York City serves as an example, illustrating the city's role as a command center for global finance and the significant impact its economic activity has on ...
Cities are able to address social, economic and environmental issues through grassroots planning initiatives. The power of collective will and civic ambition reminds us that human behavior can be shaped as much by our designed environment as by social policy, such as governmental management and ...
The nation's gateway cities are defined by urban experts as those deriving added economic muscle from their strong links to the expanding global network of commerce and finance. These cities serve as the key entry points for both pools of foreign workers and global imports. Their diverse economie...
Hall (1966) defined world cities as major centers of political power, mobility, professional talent, information, and culture. Friedmann (1986) and Sassen (1996) define global cities as the command and control centers of the world Contextual distance and the choice of investment location within ...
To ensure relevant urban activities are included, and to facilitate intercity comparison, the urban areas of the study cities are defined by local official urban statistics and are consistent with metabolic data. The comparisons are made around 2008 for consistency, when urban metabolic data are most...
After a consideration of alternative approaches, employment concentrations are delineated using census tracts, with the 1990 employment/residence ratio as chief criterion, rather than job density. Of 120 concentrations defined, ii have more than 100,000 jobs each and 28 have at least 50,000. Down...
Basing her argument on the typology put forward by Saskia Sassen, Barbara Freitag sketches out the different profiles of contemporary cities. Urban centres are now defined by the level, scale and intensity of the exchanges to which they give rise. On the first level is the global city, nerve...
The mass deportations of any and all immigrants, fear in our cities leading to immigrants afraid to leave their homes; The unconstitutional attempt to end birthright citizenship, though it is enshrined in the 14thAmendment of the U.S. Constitution; ...