One Package at a Time: The Distributive World City

This article shifts the discourse on globalization and world cities from the commonplace and dominant foci on finance and advanced producer services to logistics and distribution, handmaidens of world trade. It focuses on one company (UPS Airlines) and one city (Louisville, Kentucky) in a case study...

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Published in:International journal of urban and regional research 2011-07, Vol.35 (4), p.812-831
Main Authors: NEGREY, CYNTHIA, OSGOOD, JEFFERY L., GOETZKE, FRANK
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
America
Bgi / Prodig
Cities
Delivery Systems
Discourse
Discourse analysis
Distribution
East south Central
Economic Development
Enterprises
Finance
Globalization
growth machine
International trade
Kentucky
Local economy
Logistics
North America Louisville
Production systems
Services
Trade
U.S.A
United States of America
Urban economics
USA
world cities
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Summary:This article shifts the discourse on globalization and world cities from the commonplace and dominant foci on finance and advanced producer services to logistics and distribution, handmaidens of world trade. It focuses on one company (UPS Airlines) and one city (Louisville, Kentucky) in a case study that shows how local economic development efforts combined with expansion of air‐cargo delivery services in the context of globalization to transform Louisville into a distributive world city. Résumé Démarquant le discours sur la mondialisation et les villes mondiales des banalités et propos dominants concernant la finance et les services avancés à l’industrie, cet article l’amène sur le terrain de la logistique et de la distribution, fidèles servantes du commerce mondial. S’attachant à une société (UPS Airlines) et à une ville (Louisville, Kentucky), il montre dans une étude de cas comment les efforts de développement économique local se sont conjugués à l’essor des services de fret aérien dans le cadre de la mondialisation pour transformer Louisville en une ville mondiale de la distribution.
ISSN:0309-1317
1468-2427
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2427.2011.01046.x