Connecting Rhine-Main: The production of multi-scalar polycentricities through knowledge-intensive business services

被引:39
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作者
Hoyler, Michael [1 ]
Freytag, Tim [2 ]
Mager, Christoph [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Loughborough, Dept Geog, Loughborough LE11 3TU, Leics, England
[2] Univ Heidelberg, Inst Geog, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
关键词
polycentricity; city-region; connectivity; knowledge intensive business services; Rhine-Main;
D O I
10.1080/00343400701874230
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Most of the literature on polycentric urban regions has focused on the analysis of intra-regional rather than external linkages, while research on the emergence of a 'world city network' has analysed external city relations without explicitly addressing city-regional contexts. This paper aims to bring both perspectives together. Drawing on Taylor's interlocking network model, it presents a first analysis of multi-scalar inter-city connectivities within a specific city-regional context. Central to the analysis is the question how knowledge-intensive business service firms in Rhine-Main connect this multi-nodal metropolitan region to other cities within Germany and beyond. The result is a detailed mapping of the business service connectivities of a major European city-region.
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页码:1095 / 1111
页数:17
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