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Introduction: German cities in the world city network
journal contribution
posted on 2011-06-24, 09:25 authored by Alain Thierstein, Stefan Luthi, Michael HoylerMichael HoylerThis introduction to the special issue “German
cities in the world city network” provides an overview
of the current status of research on urban systems in the
knowledge economy, with a particular focus on the German
urban system. The first part identifies the knowledge
economy, particularly the requirements for geographical
and relational proximity along the value chain, as a key
driver of contemporary urban development. The second
part clarifies the concept of polycentricity, distinguishing
between its political and analytical roots, while considering
its application on different spatial scales. Based on this
discussion, the third part emphasizes the importance of relational
thinking in analyzing polycentric urban systems
and functional urban hierarchies. This is followed by an
outline of the specific contribution of each paper to our understanding of the relational geographies of the German urban space-economy.
History
School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Geography and Environment
Citation
THIERSTEIN, A., LUTHI, S. and HOYLER, M., 2011. Introduction: German cities in the world city network. Raumforschung und Raumordnung, 69 (3), pp. 141-146.Publisher
© Springer-VerlagVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2011Notes
This article was accepted for publication in the journal, Raumforschung und Raumordnung [© Springer-Verlag]. The final publication is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13147-011-0098-yISSN
1869-4179;0034-0111Publisher version
Language
- en