World Cities in the Pacific Rim
A New Global Test of Regional Coherence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20153992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P J Taylor, PJ Taylor (Loughborough University), Marcus A Doel (0000-0002-8892-2709, Loughborough University), Michael Hoyler (0000-0003-2683-6175, Heidelberg University), D R F Walker (Loughborough University), Jonathan V Beaverstock (0000-0003-1228-9465, Loughborough University) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 233-245 |
| Publication date | 2000-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0129-7619 • E-ISSN: 1467-9493 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9493.t01-1-00071 |
| OpenAlex | W2052838382 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 16 |
A new evaluation of the Pacific Rim concept is presented. The originality of this test for regional coherence is to be found in the basic units being analysed: cities instead of states. Based on a theoretical framework that identifies world city and world city network formation in terms of the office networks of advanced producer service firms, we use a principal components analysis to analyse a data set of 28 Pacific Rim cities and 46 global service firms. This identifies five main groupings of cities in terms of similar mixes of corporate service firms: a western Rim group; a group of ‘old Commonwealth’ cities; a market communist group of cities; Tokyo as a global city; and US cities as a specific separate group. These results confirm numerous earlier studies that were sceptical of the existence of a coherent Pacific Rim region. However, the particular approach adopted here allows us to identify the Pacific Rim generically as a particularly pernicious construct. We conclude that the Pacific Rim is a geographical chaotic conception
Commonwealth · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Geography · Pacific ocean · Pacific Rim · Regional science · Service (business) · Test (biology) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Geology · Global Urban Networks and Dynamics · Oceanography · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,35 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2017 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |