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- With eminent scholars and researchers from prestigious universities and institutions as the authors
- A hot issue for scholars and experts to discover the development of global industry chains
- The materials, including data, illustrations, are the newest ones, which can help readers and researchers to better understand and research global industry chains
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About this book
In addition to comparative analysis of competitiveness of cities, this report also sheds light on the global pattern and trends of economic and human development. It reveals four new findings regarding the development of cities around the world: First, over the past four decades, human societies are transitioning quickly from agricultural societies which are characterized by scattered settlements to industrial societies which are characterized by city clusters, interconnectivity, and resource sharing. The planet where we are living has become a city planet. Second, globalization and the advancements of smart and networking technologies have accelerated urbanization across the world in the past four decades. Third, cities are becoming increasingly metropolitan, interconnected, and smart. Fourth, sustainability scores of the selected global cities show olive-shaped distribution on the world map and sustainability performance of Asia cities has improved continuously.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Marco Kamiya, Senior Economist, Knowledge&Innovation Branch, UN-HABITAT, headquartered in Nairobi. Former coordinator of the Bureau of Urban Economy and Finance of UN-Habitat, research interests: Development Economics, Public Economics. Kamiya leads global operational work on urban economy and finance and conducts research on municipal finance, the economics of urban expansion and local infrastructure-investment policy.
Shen Jianfa, Professor, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Gong Weijin, Ph.D., National Academy of Economic Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Global Industry Chains: Creating a Networked City Planet
Book Subtitle: The Global Urban Competitiveness Report (2018–2019)
Authors: Pengfei Ni, Marco Kamiya, Jianfa Shen, Weijin Gong
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2058-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-2057-7Published: 03 July 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-2060-7Published: 04 July 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-2058-4Published: 02 July 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 632
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 181 illustrations in colour
Topics: Urban Economics, Urban Studies/Sociology, Development Economics