Global networks, linked cities - Sassen, Saskia (New York : Routledge, 2002)
Introduction: Locating cities on global circuits / Saskia Sassen -- Part I: The urban architecture of global networks -- Architecture of global networking technologies / t Sueli Ramos Schiffer -- Beirut: building regional circuits / Eric Huybrechts -- Part III: Network nodes -- Hong Kong: global capital exchange / David R. Meyer -- Shanghai: reconnecting to the global economy / Felicity Rose Gu, Zilai Tang -- Buenos Aires: sociospacial impacts of the development of global city functions / Pablo Ciccolella, Iliana Mignaqui -- Local networks: digital city Amsterdam / Patrice Riemens, Geert Lovink.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Collection Mondialisation -- Cas, ?? tudes de; Collections de l'INSEE. -- 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; x; Ordinateurs et civilization; Technologie de l'information -- v