Product Description

Through an analysis of the intra-company flows of 100 global business service firms, Taylor measures the connections between cities and also their relative connectivity to the global economy.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #843748 in Books
• Published on: 2003-10-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Review
'Peter Taylor's masterful synthesis is arguably the most important contribution to the study of global urbanization since the publication of Saskia Sassen's The Global City over a decade ago. The volume contains a trove of original empirical data that provides the most detailed, nuanced mapping of the emergent global urban system that has yet been developed. This book is a major intervention that will open up an entirely new terrain of theoretical debate and empirical inquiry for urbanists as well as for other scholars of contemporary globalization.
–Neil Brenner, New York University

A truly masterful account of the complex spatialities of global urbanization ... if you only have the money to buy two books on world cities, buy this one. Twice. - Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

A plausible view of contemporary globalization is that the world is caught between pressures for an increasingly city-based political economy and for the resurgence of state-based direction. Peter Taylor lays out a brilliant, historically-informed account of how this came to pass. Not the least of the book's merits is its persuasive use of sophisticated empirical information to counter the often sloppy empiricism of so much contemporary discussion of world cities and what they might portend.
–John Agnew, University of California

An excellent book that maps the countours of inter-city relations at various scales with unprecedented clarity, sophistication, and historical focus. World City Network will help to sharpen often vague and lazy current debates about globalization and cities.
–Steve Graham, University of Newcastle

Much has been claimed about the importance of world cities but only now--with the arrival of Peter Taylor's book--do we have the evidence to make an informed assessment.
–John Allen, The Open University

About the Author
Peter Taylor is the Association of American Geographers' Distinguished Scholar for 2003. He teaches at both the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech, and the University of Loughborough.