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Global Urban Analysis provides a unique insight into the
contemporary world economy through a focus on cities. It is based
upon a large-scale customised data collection on how leading
businesses use cities across the world: as headquarter locations,
for finance, for professional and creative services, for media.
These data - involving up to 2000 firms and over 500 cities -
provide evidence for both how the leading cities, sometimes called
global cities, are coming to dominate the world economy, and how
hundreds of other cities are faring in this brave new urban world.
Thus can the likes of London, New York and Hong Kong be tracked as
well as Manchester, Cleveland and Guangzhou, and even Plymouth,
Chattanooga and Xi'an. Cities are assessed and ranked in terms of
their importance for various functions such as for financial
services, legal services and advertising, plus novel findings are
reported for the geographical orientations of their connections.
This is truly a comprehensive survey of cities in globalization
covering global, world-regional, and national scales of analysis: -
4 key chapters outline the global structure of the world economy
featuring the leading cities; - 9 regional chapters covering the
whole world also feature the level of services provided by 'medium'
cities; - 22 chapters on selected countries and sub-regions
indicate global-ness and local-ness and feature an even wider range
of cities. Written in an easy to understand style, this book is a
must read for anybody interested in their own city in the world and
how it relates to other cities.
This book provides a comprehensive view of global urban
competitiveness, offers a useful methodology for its comparative
study in different socioeconomic and territorial contexts, and is
supplemented with reflections and case studies from around the
world. Reading it is highly recommended to understand contemporary
patterns in industrial and services location among cities, and the
effects of such spatial concentration in the urban labor markets
and in the quality of life of the urban population.' - Jaime
Sobrino, El Colegio de Mexico'Theoretically informed contributions
to this empirically rich text introduce a timely critical
perspective to the urban competitiveness literature, emphasizing
that the notion of competitiveness applied in economic analysis
cannot be conferred simplistically on city relations. A range of
environmental, cohesion, technological innovation, cultural
diversity and governance alongside business and GDP empirics
presented in the book points to the complexity of contemporary
cities and the diversity of processes that define their distinctive
roles in global networks and circuits. The book illustrates the
danger of competitive interpretations of global rankings, paving
the way for new research agendas focusing on fine-grained city
relational analyses.' - Kathy Pain, University of Reading, UK
Acclaim for previous edition: 'If you believe that the world
economy is composed of cities vying with one another for capital
investment, creative individuals, and high-performance firms, then
you might be curios about which cities are most successful. To find
out, you will need to consult this book. . . This reference work is
thorough in its coverage.' - R.A. Beauregard, Choice The Global
Urban Competitiveness Report 2013 is an empirical study and
evaluation of the sustainable competitiveness of 500 cities around
the world from regional, national and other perspectives. This
one-of-a-kind resource draws on a wealth of data sources, all of
which are described and assessed, and involve urban economics,
geography, urban studies, regional economics and many other fields.
Using a sophisticated methodology and a team of 100 researchers
from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the book not only
ranks these cities but also presents a treasury of information with
regard to the strengths and weaknesses of each city in relation to
each other. Included is a full discussion on the structure, trends
and determinants of global urban development, prosperity and
competitiveness, and comments on the policies and initiatives that
are adopted by the most competitive cities. Chapters written by
eminent scholars and researchers from organizations such as the
United Nations Human Settlements Programme, World Bank and OECD
analyze key problems in sustainable urban competitiveness. The
research shows how global cities can improve their competitiveness
and the analysis reveals that global urban competitiveness has
increased overall, the highlight being emerging economy cities. The
comprehensive and concise index system and valuation method, and
stable and reliable data, provide an accurate reflection on many
aspects of a city and its competitiveness. Scholars and researchers
in the areas of urban economics, planning, geography and regional
economics will find the information invaluable, as will local
authorities, decision-makers and economic planners in cities
throughout the world. Contributors include: M. Cointreau, L.
Kamal-Chaoui, P.K. Kresl, C. Li, M. Li, Q. Li, K. Liu, W. Liu, P.
Ni, B. Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, S. Sassen, P.J. Taylor, X. Wang, J. Wei,
S. Wei, J. Yang, X. Yang, A. Zhang
Global Urban Analysis provides a unique insight into the
contemporary world economy through a focus on cities. It is based
upon a large-scale customised data collection on how leading
businesses use cities across the world: as headquarter locations,
for finance, for professional and creative services, for media.
These data - involving up to 2000 firms and over 500 cities -
provide evidence for both how the leading cities, sometimes called
global cities, are coming to dominate the world economy, and how
hundreds of other cities are faring in this brave new urban world.
Thus can the likes of London, New York and Hong Kong be tracked as
well as Manchester, Cleveland and Guangzhou, and even Plymouth,
Chattanooga and Xi'an. Cities are assessed and ranked in terms of
their importance for various functions such as for financial
services, legal services and advertising, plus novel findings are
reported for the geographical orientations of their connections.
This is truly a comprehensive survey of cities in globalization
covering global, world-regional, and national scales of analysis: -
4 key chapters outline the global structure of the world economy
featuring the leading cities; - 9 regional chapters covering the
whole world also feature the level of services provided by 'medium'
cities; - 22 chapters on selected countries and sub-regions
indicate global-ness and local-ness and feature an even wider range
of cities. Written in an easy to understand style, this book is a
must read for anybody interested in their own city in the world and
how it relates to other cities.
This report presents the outcomes of a survey project of the
National Academy of Economic Strategy of the Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme.
The project evaluated and ranked the competitiveness of 1,007
global cities, with a combined population of over 500,000, based on
a number of selected indicators. The report provides an overview of
the global urbanization pattern and areas of improvements in the
selected cities. The outcomes of the project confirm that the
formation and changes of global value chains have caused profound
changes in economic structures in some countries and affected the
development of cities in these countries, thereby reshaping the
city planet. In addition to comparative analysis of competitiveness
of cities, this report also sheds light on the global pattern and
trends of economic and human development. It reveals four new
findings regarding the development of cities around the world:
First, over the past four decades, human societies are
transitioning quickly from agricultural societies which are
characterized by scattered settlements to industrial societies
which are characterized by city clusters, interconnectivity, and
resource sharing. The planet where we are living has become a city
planet. Second, globalization and the advancements of smart and
networking technologies have accelerated urbanization across the
world in the past four decades. Third, cities are becoming
increasingly metropolitan, interconnected, and smart. Fourth,
sustainability scores of the selected global cities show
olive-shaped distribution on the world map and sustainability
performance of Asia cities has improved continuously.
This report presents the outcomes of a survey project of the
National Academy of Economic Strategy of the Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme.
The project evaluated and ranked the competitiveness of 1,007
global cities, with a combined population of over 500,000, based on
a number of selected indicators. The report provides an overview of
the global urbanization pattern and areas of improvements in the
selected cities. The outcomes of the project confirm that the
formation and changes of global value chains have caused profound
changes in economic structures in some countries and affected the
development of cities in these countries, thereby reshaping the
city planet. In addition to comparative analysis of competitiveness
of cities, this report also sheds light on the global pattern and
trends of economic and human development. It reveals four new
findings regarding the development of cities around the world:
First, over the past four decades, human societies are
transitioning quickly from agricultural societies which are
characterized by scattered settlements to industrial societies
which are characterized by city clusters, interconnectivity, and
resource sharing. The planet where we are living has become a city
planet. Second, globalization and the advancements of smart and
networking technologies have accelerated urbanization across the
world in the past four decades. Third, cities are becoming
increasingly metropolitan, interconnected, and smart. Fourth,
sustainability scores of the selected global cities show
olive-shaped distribution on the world map and sustainability
performance of Asia cities has improved continuously.
This report was jointly launched by the National Academy of
Economic Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and
UN-HABITAT. Using the indicator system and objective data, the
competitiveness of 1,035 global cities was evaluated in detail. The
report measures the development pattern of global urban
competitiveness as a whole, and the gap between the relevant
parties and the ideal state. It has refreshed people's past
perceptions of urban rankings and confirmed that the science and
technology innovation center cities and central cities of emerging
economies have begun to break the inherent global cities and they
have entered the ranks of the most urban competitiveness.While
paying attention to the comparison of competitiveness among cities,
this report further promotes the perspective to the pattern and
trend change of global economic and social development from the
perspective of city. The followings are new findings: First,
information technology has increasingly become the primary driving
force for urban development; Second, it is the three meridians that
divide the global urban population and economic differentiation;
Third, the soft links between cities gradually dominate the global
urban system; Fourth, the formation of new global cities is
beginning.
This book provides an in-depth analysis of China's housing system
and real-estate industry .The author weaves together the different
elements of the real estate industry into a logically coherent
whole, in which the relationship between the real-estate industry
and the macroeconomy sets the background, the housing market forms
the core, real estate finance makes up a necessary condition,
public policy provides the guarantee and the housing system the
foundation. The book constructs an analytical framework for the
development of China's housing system that considers a
comprehensive range of factors, highlights the most important
issues, and is soundly structured, logical and clear. By applying
this framework, the authors present an overview of the past,
present and future of China's housing industry.
By empirically assessing the competitiveness of 505 cities around
the world from regional, national and other perspectives, this book
not only ranks these cities but also presents a treasure trove of
information with regard to each city's relative strengths and
weaknesses. This unique resource draws on a wealth of data sources,
all of which are described and assessed, and involve urban
economics, geography, regional economics and many other fields.
Using a concise indexing system, sophisticated methodology, and
extensive figures and tables, it provides a comprehensive analysis
of global urban competitiveness in 2015. Given the scope of its
coverage, the book will be of great interest to readers such as
local authorities, decision-makers and economic planners in cities
throughout the world.
By empirically assessing the competitiveness of 505 cities around
the world from regional, national and other perspectives, this book
not only ranks these cities but also presents a treasure trove of
information with regard to each city's relative strengths and
weaknesses. This unique resource draws on a wealth of data sources,
all of which are described and assessed, and involve urban
economics, geography, regional economics and many other fields.
Using a concise indexing system, sophisticated methodology, and
extensive figures and tables, it provides a comprehensive analysis
of global urban competitiveness in 2015. Given the scope of its
coverage, the book will be of great interest to readers such as
local authorities, decision-makers and economic planners in cities
throughout the world.
By using field survey and World Bank investment project evaluation
method, this book investigates the experience of slum rebuilding in
Liaoning province, China. It figures out that the experience of
Liaoning province is relatively successful and can be of great
significance for developing countries and regions. The issue of
slums is a huge challenge in the process of global urbanization.
The population living in slums is 0.8 billion worldwide and the
number is still growing. International organizations (e.g., the
World Bank) and relevant countries have been working on the
rebuilding of slums but only a few succeeded. In recent years,
since some scholars believe that government should play dominant
role in slums rebuilding, Liaoning province has developed a
systematical model in slums rebuilding from 2005. This model
emphasizes the guidance of government, market functions and society
involvement. With the application of the new model, Liaoning
province has improved 2.11 million people’s living conditions
from 2005 to 2010. By introducing the conditions, history,
rebuilding process and rebuilding methods of Liaoning slums, this
book provides new information and data for slum rebuilding decision
makers and researchers.
The Global Urban Competitiveness Report - 2010 is an empirical
study of the competitiveness of 500 cities around the world This
one-of-a-kind resource draws on a wealth of data sources, all of
which are described and assessed Using a sophisticated methodology
and a team of 100 researchers from the Chinese Academy of Social
Science, the book not only ranks these cities but also presents a
wealth of information with regard to the strengths and weaknesses
of each city in relation to each other The book includes a full
discussion of the factors that create urban competitiveness, what
sorts or categories of cities are most competitive, and comments on
the policies and initiatives that are adopted by the most
competitive cities.Scholars and researchers in the areas of urban
economics, planning, geography, and regional economics will find
the information invaluable, as will local authorities,
decision-makers, and economic planners in cities throughout the
world.
This book was jointly launched by the National Academy of Economic
Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and UN-HABITAT.
It uses the indicator system and objective data to evaluate the
competitiveness of 1006 cities in the world and measures the
overall development pattern of global punishment and
competitiveness. The important theoretical and practical issues in
the development of global cities are discussed. The book looks at
the world from the perspective of cities and believes that the
world will be fully urbanized in the 300 years from 1750 to 2050.
The book points out the challenges faced by global municipal
financing and systematically summarizes the experience and methods
of municipal financing and concludes that the average
competitiveness of global cities declined slightly due to the
decline of the average competitiveness of cities in China, the USA
and Europe. In addition, this book also launched the new global
urban classification standard of the Institute of Finance and
Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the United
Nations Human Settlements Programme for the first time and rated
1006 cities in the world.
This book provides an in-depth analysis of China's housing system
and real-estate industry .The author weaves together the different
elements of the real estate industry into a logically coherent
whole, in which the relationship between the real-estate industry
and the macroeconomy sets the background, the housing market forms
the core, real estate finance makes up a necessary condition,
public policy provides the guarantee and the housing system the
foundation. The book constructs an analytical framework for the
development of China's housing system that considers a
comprehensive range of factors, highlights the most important
issues, and is soundly structured, logical and clear. By applying
this framework, the authors present an overview of the past,
present and future of China's housing industry.
Against the backdrop of today?s climate of economic globalization
and the rapid development of information, this timely book explores
the complex concept of competitiveness between cities. The expert
contributors illustrate that innovation is a prerequisite for
increasing urban competitiveness, and highlight the various ways
that urban innovation-based competitiveness can be approached.
Themes explored include:? industrial clusters? competitiveness
between major cities ? local policy and competition enhancement?
governance to combat global climate change? innovation in urban
policy and collaboration between cities? cluster theory and
cluster-based economic development policy ? the strategic shift
towards domestic markets and service enhancement.Scholars and
policymakers in the fields of economics, public sector economics,
innovation, technology and urban competitiveness will find this
book to be an enlightening read.
This report was jointly launched by the National Academy of
Economic Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and
UN-HABITAT. Using the indicator system and objective data, the
competitiveness of 1,035 global cities was evaluated in detail. The
report measures the development pattern of global urban
competitiveness as a whole, and the gap between the relevant
parties and the ideal state. It has refreshed people's past
perceptions of urban rankings and confirmed that the science and
technology innovation center cities and central cities of emerging
economies have begun to break the inherent global cities and they
have entered the ranks of the most urban competitiveness.While
paying attention to the comparison of competitiveness among cities,
this report further promotes the perspective to the pattern and
trend change of global economic and social development from the
perspective of city. The followings are new findings: First,
information technology has increasingly become the primary driving
force for urban development; Second, it is the three meridians that
divide the global urban population and economic differentiation;
Third, the soft links between cities gradually dominate the global
urban system; Fourth, the formation of new global cities is
beginning.
By using field survey and World Bank investment project evaluation
method, this book investigates the experience of slum rebuilding in
Liaoning province, China. It figures out that the experience of
Liaoning province is relatively successful and can be of great
significance for developing countries and regions. The issue of
slums is a huge challenge in the process of global urbanization.
The population living in slums is 0.8 billion worldwide and the
number is still growing. International organizations (e.g., the
World Bank) and relevant countries have been working on the
rebuilding of slums but only a few succeeded. In recent years,
since some scholars believe that government should play dominant
role in slums rebuilding, Liaoning province has developed a
systematical model in slums rebuilding from 2005. This model
emphasizes the guidance of government, market functions and society
involvement. With the application of the new model, Liaoning
province has improved 2.11 million people's living conditions from
2005 to 2010. By introducing the conditions, history, rebuilding
process and rebuilding methods of Liaoning slums, this book
provides new information and data for slum rebuilding decision
makers and researchers.
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