European Cities in the World City Network, 2010

Peter Taylor

Background

• Globalization as space of flows• World/global cities as nodes• Interlocking network model• Indirect measurement• Service values matrix• Network connectivities• Network structure

Intensive globalization strategyCOMMAND CITIES:9.8 - New York4.8 - Chicago1.9 – London 1.4 - Pittsburgh 1.4 - Los Angeles 1.3 – Toronto1.1 – Boston0.8 – Philadelphia0.7 – Miami0.7 – Washington0.6 – Columbus0.6 – Detroit0.5 – Baltimore0.5 – San Francisco0.4 – Seattle0.4 – Charlotte0.4 – Seoul0.4 - Dallas

Extensive globalization strategyCOMMAND CITIES:8.2 – New York3.3 – London1.9 – Chicago1.1 – Paris0.4 - Brussels

Pacific Asian strategyCOMMAND CITIES:5.3 – Tokyo1.9 – Beijing1.2 – Seoul0.9 – London0.7 – Singapore0.5 – Paris0.5 – Melbourne0.4 - Toronto

Americas strategyCOMMAND CITIES:4.7 – New York1.0 – Toronto0.6 – Chicago0.6 – Dublin0.5 – Atlanta0.5 – Charlotte0.5 – Brussels0.5 – Zurich0.5 – Boston0.4 – Baltimore0.4 – London0.4 - Dallas

European StrategyCOMMAND CITIES:3.1 – London1.1 - Milan 1.0 – Boston1.0 – Madrid0.7 – Munich0.5 – Trieste0.5 – Frankfurt0.5 – Turin0.5 – Paris0.5 – Istanbul0.4 – Chicago0.4 - Florence

Australian/Commonwealth strategy

COMMAND CITIES:1.5 – Sydney1.3 – Melbourne0.6 – Munich0.5 – Johannesburg0.5 - London

Latin American strategyCOMMAND CITIES:1.3 – Sao Paulo0.9 – Madrid0.7 - Brasilia

Canada/Commonwealth strategyCOMMAND CITIES:1.6 – Toronto0.6 – Boston0.5 - Mumbai

Scandinavian strategyCOMMAND CITIES:1.3 – Stockholm0.5 - Oslo

China strategyCOMMAND CITIES:0.7 – Shenzhen0.7 – Shanghai0.5 – Beijing0.4 – Florence0.4 - Singapore