Globalisierung gilt als eine der gr??ten Herausforderungen unserer Zeit. Die zunehmende Dynamik internationaler Wirtschaftsverflechtungen beeinflusst nationale sowie lokale Strukturen und Entwicklungen. Insbesondere der Prozess ?konomischer Globalisierung stellt Wirtschaft und Politik dabei vor...

Direct investments, cooperation links, information flows, global infrastructure, as well as agglomeration effect, fill up the space with geo-economic content. In this paper, a classification of the main territorial elements of globalized geo-economic space (GGS) was done. In that way, we...

Tokyo and Seoul, the two leading East Asian global cities, operate under "developmental states." They often struggle for control over major urban initiatives against their strong state government agencies as they seek prominence in the global city hierarchy. Through comparative review of...

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...