Abstract
International online peer-reviewed open-access journal offers a possibility for the international community of professionals working in the fields of regional and rural development or tourism to exchange their ideas and research results or practical achievements as it publishes results of both theoretical and applied research in these fields.
Highlights
As a basic point of departure of the research, a review of global trends of urban development and urbanization was performed relying on the latest prognosis of the UN (2018)
A crucial change of the past three decades was the integration of BRIC countries with extensive domestic markets and foreign direct capital-driven post-socialist states into the global economy whereby capital cities and certain gateway cities were able to improve their positions on various metropolitan ranking lists
World cities constitute the nodal points of the global economy
Summary
As a basic point of departure of the research, a review of global trends of urban development and urbanization was performed relying on the latest prognosis of the UN (2018). At the summit of the global city hierarchy and the centre of international networks are metropolises concentrating a significant share of the population, economic activities and institutions. Size (city, agglomeration, national economy) is a factor of outstanding significance, and as such, deserves special emphasis in the study of global network positions and future opportunities of Central and Southeastern European cities.
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