Recasting the city into city-regions: Place promotion, competitiveness benchmarking and the quest for urban supremacy

被引：37
作者：
Greene, Francis J. [1 ]
Tracey, Paul
Cowling, Marc
机构：
[1] Univ Warwick, Warwick Business Sch, Ctr Small & Medium Sized Enterprises, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands, England
[2] Univ Sussex, Inst Employment Studies, Brighton BN1 9RH, E Sussex, England
来源：
GROWTH AND CHANGE | 2007年 / 38卷 / 01期
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D O I：
10.1111/j.1468-2257.2007.00350.x
中图分类号：
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号：
0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要：
This essay critically examines twenty-two studies designed to measure the competitiveness of cities and city-regions. We suggest that while this research may show statistical correlations between different dimensions of competitiveness, there is little in the way of causation. More fundamentally, our main point is to question the utility of such studies. Regional disparities in terms of wealth and living standards are well known; simply recasting the spatial scale to the city or the city-region does not change the underlying fundamentals of regional performance.
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