The global city

The concept of the “global city” was invented in the 1990s by Saskia Sassen to describe a new type of city that specialized in transnational relations. Initially, the focus was on London, New York, and Tokyo, but the idea was soon generalized by the sociologist Manuel Castells to include a broader r...

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Main Authors: Ben Derudder, Peter J. Taylor, Michael Hoyler, Frank Witlox
Format: Default Book chapter
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/15828
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