Abstract
This study discusses the measurement of the global city with the primary aim to uncover the logical grounds to measure the features of “the global” in the study of ranking and comparing the cities. The study sets up a three-dimensional analysis framework with infrastructure (economy), fluidity (openness), and reputation (influence) for the basic dimensions of measurement for the global cities. Using this framework, the studies of top-10 Chinese cities in the global city comparison have been conducted with the data of cities’ scores from various ranking systems. The resources used include the index of Globalization and World Cities, global urban economic competitiveness index, Economic daily and United Nations global urban sustainable competitiveness rankings. The study tests the effectiveness of this framework by illustrating the coherence and dissimilarity of this analysis with other city ranking systems, and further discloses the advantage of this indicator system. This study exposes the existing problems in the logic and rationale of the urban studies and establishes the basis of global city ranking, thus offering policymakers new perspective on the strategy of city development.
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College of Public Administration, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, China; Abstract: This study discusses the measurement of the global city with the primary aim to uncover the logical grounds to measure the features of “the global” in the study of ranking and comparing the cities
Fujita et al [7] elaborated on the significance of spatial agglomeration of social activities in promoting regional economic development and cities play an important function of pooling the labor force and reflect the flow of international business [8]
Into reference, which is the most popular indicator system in city comparison. This system was designed by a research group based in the Loughborough University, UK, and they present the ranking of the world cities every year, and the significance/system value of this research work has been acknowledged by many scholars in the field
Summary
College of Public Administration, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, China; Abstract: This study discusses the measurement of the global city with the primary aim to uncover the logical grounds to measure the features of “the global” in the study of ranking and comparing the cities. Urban life is reshaped according to the changing circumstances of human settlement, in which the interconnection between cities is fundamental for the world development Studies on this mutual connection among cities formulate a view on the global cities or the “global network of cities” [1], or addressed as the “global urban network” [2]. The discussion on the topic of world cities is shifted towards the key concepts like the “global cities” [10,11,12,13] To understand this change, we need to consider features of “the global” as the central theme of global cities as we compare these cities, in the context of world cities.
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