Cities as control and command centres: Analysis and interpretation

被引：47
作者：
Taylor, Peter J. [1 ]
Csomos, Gyoergy [2 ]
机构：
[1] Northumbria Univ, Sch Built & Nat Environm, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, Tyne & Wear, England
[2] Univ Debrecen, Fac Engn, H-4028 Debrecen, Hungary
来源：
CITIES | 2012年 / 29卷 / 06期
关键词：
City rankings; Jane Jacobs; Large corporations; World cities;
D O I：
10.1016/j.cities.2011.09.005
中图分类号：
TU98 [区域规划、城乡规划];
学科分类号：
0814 ; 082803 ; 0833 ;
摘要：
Using the Forbes2000 list of largest corporations for 2010, revenues generated by companies are aggregated for the cities in which they are headquartered. From this data cities are ranked by sector and overall. The main finding is how overwhelmingly well Tokyo does in this empirical exercise. This is despite Japan's 'economic miracle' stalling two decades ago. We use Jane Jacobs interpretation of the role of large corporations to explain this contradiction. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页数：4
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