Global networks, linked cities / edited by Saskia Sassen. - New York : Routledge, 2002. - vii, 368 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Locating cities on global circuits / Architecture of global networking technologies / Communication grids: cities and infrastructure / Firms and their global service networks / Hierarchies of dominance among world cities: a network approach / Mexico: the making of a global city / Hormuz corridor: building a cross-border region between Iran and the United Arab Emirates / So��?� Paulo: articulating a cross-border region / Beirut: building regional circuits / Hong Kong: global capital exchange / Shanghai: reconnecting to the global economy / Buenos Aires: sociospacial impacts of the development of global city functions / Local networks: digital city Amsterdam / Saskia Sassen -- D. Linda Garca��?� -- Stephen Graham -- Peter J. Taylor, D.R.F. Walker, J.V. Beaverstock -- David Smith, Michael Timberlake -- Christof Parnreiter -- Ali Parsa, Ramin Keivani -- Sueli Ramos Schiffer -- Eric Huybrechts -- David R. Meyer -- Felicity Rose Gu, Zilai Tang -- Pablo Ciccolella, Iliana Mignaqui -- Patrice Riemens, Geert Lovink. Part I: The urban architecture of global networks -- Part II: Cross-border regions -- Part III: Network nodes --

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Collection Mondialisation--Cas, ?? tudes de.
Collections de l'INSEE. S�erie E --Rs� eaux d'ordinateurs--Cas, ?? tudes de.


Urban economics--Case studies.
Globalization--Case studies.
Computers and civilization--Case studies.
Information technology--Economic aspects--Case studies.
Business enterprises--Computer networks--Case studies.
???�conomie urbaine--Cas, ???�tudes de.
Ordinateurs et civilization--Cas, ???�tudes de.
Technologie de l'information--Aspect c��?�onomique--Cas, ???�tudes de.

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