Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the global city. Thirdly, the concept of the global city brings a strong emphasis on the networked economy because of the nature of the industries that tend to be located there. Issn 10800786 full text not available from this repository. In many ways the concept of the global city does that. The global city introducing a concept key to sassens concept of the global city is an emphasis on the flow of information and capital cities are major nodes in the interconnected systems of information and money wealth that flows facilitate financial institutions, consulting firms, accounting firms, law firms, and media organizations she. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. These circuits allow me to follow economic activities into terrains that. Introducing the amsterdam city doughnut resilience. The scope of this endeavor is quite staggering and she has to bring an number of different fields under the same conceptual umbrella in order to capture the elusive character of the city. Sassen published 2005 economics each phase in the long history of the world economy raises specific questions about the particular conditions that make it possible. The concept comes from geography and urban studies and rests on the idea that globalization can be understood. A global city is a city generally considered to be an important node in the global economic system. In the case of global cities, the dynamics and processes that get territorialized are global. Introducing a concept sassen begins by highlighting the global of a global city the specificity of the global is as it gets structured in the contemporary period.
A methodological tool i find useful for this type of examination is what i call circuits for the distribution and installation of economic operations. Sorry, we are unable to provide the full text but you may find it at the following locations. Beyond the global city concept and the myth of command. The global city saskia sassen understanding society. Introducing a concept key site for the production of these central headquarter functions was the headquarters of a firm, today there is a second key site. What distinguishes sassens theoretical framework is the emphasis on the formation of crossborder dynamics through which these cities and the growing number of other. The aim is to find a concept of global city and possible gaps inside the literature. The dynamics and processes that get terrritorialized at these diverse scales can in principle be. Nissan is a global fullline vehicle manufacturer that sells more than 60 models under the nissan, infiniti and datsun brands. Introducing a concept and its history in this paper the author examines first some of the key theoretical and empirical elements of the concept of global cities. April 8 was the launch of the amsterdam city doughnut, which takes the global concept of the doughnut and turns it into a tool for transformative action in the city of amsterdam.
Introducing a concept sask a sassen professor of sociolog university of chicago each phkse in the long history of the world economy raises specific questions about the particular conditions that make it possible. One of the key properties of the current phase is the ascendance of information technologies and the associated increase in the mobility and. First, imagining the global economy as being subject to highly concentrated command through the function of some major cities as strategic sites for the production of command and control is traced back through several neo. Introducing the amsterdam city doughnut by kate raworth, originally published by doughnut economics. Each phase in the long history ofthe world economy raises specific questions about the particular conditions that make it possible. Introducing a concept winterspring 2005 volume xi, issue 2 29 key site for the production of these central headquarter functions was the headquarters of a firm, today there is a second key site. A handful of financial centers, like new york, london and tokyo, no longer drive world economy. Capa international education believes that there are special opportunities for learning afforded by studying abroad in a global city engagement with a diverse population that is addressing contemporary. Saskia sassen 16 global cities as todays frontiers. According to a brookings institute and jpmorgan chase study, our idea of a global city has become outdated in a rapidly urbanizing world in the midst of seismic technological change.
This article is a convenient place to gain an understanding of her basic approach to the subject. The foregoing essay recaptures the geography of globalization and explores the degree to which global cities have become strategic nodes in a worldwide. The core ideas in her theory of the global city are presented in a 2005 article, the global city. Analysing the global city meanings, evolution and challenges author. Most of these newer lists take a very different a much broader approach closer to the wikipedia type lists of characteristics rather than a sassenlike definition. In order to achieve this, an analysis is proposed of this terminology. Global city challenges and creative and social solutions 11 a. The global city function is made, and that process of making is complex and multifaceted. Global city, an urban centre that enjoys significant competitive advantages and that serves as a hub within a globalized economic system. Marxist authors to narrate its genesis, and to argue that the lack of evidence for that proposition is a. Introducing the amsterdam city doughnut april 8 was the launch of the amsterdam city doughnut, which takes the global concept of the doughnut and turns it into a tool for transformative action in.
A global city, also called a power city, world city, alpha city or world center, is a city which is a primary node in the global economic network. One ofthe key properties ofthe current phase is the ascendance of information technologies and the associated. The global city introducing a concept key to sassens concept of the global city is an emphasis on the flow of information and. This has changed rather dramatically over the last decade as a result of privatization, deregulation, the opening up of national economies to foreign firms, and the growing participation of national economic actors in global markets. However, with increased attention being paid to processes of globalization during subsequent years. The international economic system was ensconced largely in this interstate system. Today, he muses on what exactly makes a global city in the first place. Key to sassens concept of the global city is an emphasis on the flow of information and capital. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A global city and world city, or worldclass city, is a concept introduced by a group of academics including the globalization and world cities study group and network gawc, based primarily at. As the global city concept grew in popularity, various other organizations entered the fray. What distinguishes sassens theoretical framework is the emphasis on the formation of crossborder dynamics through which these cities and the growing number of other global cities begin to form strategic transnational.
Mc53036cmc71042c the city and consumer culture section. The geography and composition of globalization part 2. One of the key properties of the current phase is the ascendance of information technologies and the associated increase in the mobility and liquidity of capital. To be considered a global city, an urban center must prove it enjoys a significant global advantage over other cities and serves as a hub within the world economic system. A city that plays a significant role in the global economic system is called a global city. She goes onto state that a global city differs to a world city which is a city that has been. The global city overlooked, fact is that even minor global cities have invented new instruments and built new markets, often based on a single commodity. New york, london, tokyo princeton paperbacks kindle edition by sassen, saskia. Resilience introducing the amsterdam city doughnut. In this paper the author examines first some of the key theoretical and empirical elements of the concept of global cities, followed by a brief history of the evolution of the literature on cities in the global economy. Affordable housing 27 enabling the creative and social city 29. Each phase in the long history of the world economy raises specific questions about the particular conditions that make it possible. Introducing the concept of global city cairn international.
It needs to factor in laws, accounting practices, logistics, and a. Global partners, a public company on the new york stock exchange glp, which owns, leases or supplies 1,600 gas stations and owns 296 convenience stores, has. Words by colin speakman, who writes a monthly column on connecting global cities for capa world blog. New york, london, tokyo, in which she states that global cities first appeared in 1973, with the advent of postindustrial cities. The concept comes from geography and urban studies, and the idea that globalization is created, facilitated, and enacted in strategic geographic locales according to a hierarchy of importance to the operation of the global system of finance and trade. Responding to terrorism as a kinetic and ideological threat. This classic work chronicles how new york, london, and tokyo became command centers for the global economy and in the process underwent a series of massive and parallel changes. The current first line is especially jarring in the way it makes a huge, unsupported claim for discursive authority in a hedgy turn of phrase. Pdf each phase in the long history ofthe world economy raises specific questions about the particular conditions that make it possible.