Global city scholarship generally argues that, in order for an urban center to have global' status, it needs to be an international financial capital, connected to other agglomerations from its urban centers outwards (Child Hill & Kim 2000; Sassen 2013). This paper diverges from these approaches...

This Handbook offers an unrivalled overview of current research into how globalization is affecting the external relations and internal structures of major cities in the world. -- By treating cities at a global scale, it focuses on the ‘stretching’ of urban functions beyond specific place...