The concept originates from geography and urban studies, based on the thesis that globalization has created a hierarchy of strategic geographic locations with varying degrees of influence over finance, trade, and culture worldwide. "A multi-disciplinary tour de force that should be read not only by regional economists but also by urban geographers, sociologists, and planners.Wikipedia Rate this definition: 0.0 / 0 votesĪ global city (also known as a power city, world city, alpha city, or world center) is a city that serves as a primary node in the global economic network. It incorporates a herculean research effort."-Susan Fainstein, Journal of the American Planning Association are sobering."-Rudolf Klein, Times Literary Supplement "The most detailed and sophisticated anatomy yet published of the functioning of the new producer services sector in the global economy."-Mark Levine, Urban Affairs Quarterly "A landmark study in the political economy of cities."-Anthony King, Newsline Sassen shows how dangerously city life has been affected by the influx of employees of the multinational firms which move into major cities and virtually colonize them, riving even greater wedges between the rich and poor."- The Observer " high-powered and at times horrific book. A systematic detailed analysis of the three largest urban economies in the advanced world."-Peter Hall, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research "This is brilliant stuff, both in its broadness of sociological scope and its voluminous collection of data from a vast number of sources in the three cities."-Scott Lash, The Times Higher Education Supplement
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