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1、MetropolitanPolicyProgramU.S.Citiesinthe‘WorldCityNetwork’PeterJ.TaylorandRobertE.Lang1“TheriseofFindingsAnexaminationofeconomicconnectionsamongcities’globaladvancedservicefirmsfindsthat:transnational■WhileNewYork,Chicago,andLosnon-U.S.citiesthanU.S.citiesinitstopAngelesaretheU.S.leadersinglobalte
2、nlistofstrongestglobalconnections.interactionsconnectivity,SanFrancisco,Miami,Onlythreenon-U.S.citiesmakeAtlanta,andWashingtonarealsoMiami’stop10list,forexample,whileimportantnodesintheworldcityPittsburgh’slistcontainsnone.hasproducedanetwork.Amixtureofregionalcapi-tals—suchasBostonandSeattle—and■
3、Eventhemostglobally-connectedspecialistcities—suchasHouston,theU.S.citiesaremorelocallyorientedneweconomicworld’senergycapital—arefoundinthethancitiesintheEU.NewYorkandnexttier.Somewhatsurprisingly,MiamiaretheleastlocallyorientedofdynamicandgrowingPhoenixandSanU.S.cities,buteventheyarefarmoregloba
4、lizationJosehaverelativelylowconnectivities.U.S.-centricintheirconnectionsthanmostEuropeancitiesareEU-centric.A■U.S.citiesoverall—andparticularlymuchlargernumberofEUcitiesboastinwhichcitiesnon-coastalcities—aregenerallylessstrongconnectionstoLatinAmericagloballyconnectedthantheirEuro-andPacificAsi
5、athancitiesintheU.S.peanUnionandPacificAsianandtheircounterparts.SixteenEUcitiesand11■Beyondlocalism,functionallinkagesPacificAsiancitiesrankamongthetopamongfirmsaremoreimportant50mostglobally-connectedcities,whiledeterminantsofconnectednessthanregionsaretheonlysevenU.S.citiesmakethecut.geographya
6、lone.WhileEuropehasnoChicagoistheonlyhighrankingU.S.AmericanPacificCoastcitylinkages,citynotlocatedinacoastalstate.forexample,ithasmanyinternationalprimenodes.”financialcenterswithstrongconnec-■WhileimportantserviceconnectionstionstotherisingbankingandfinanceexistamongcertainU.S.citiesandhubsofPac
7、ificAsia.Manyoftheseparticularglobalregions,U.S.citiescities,aswellasNewYork,aremucharemorestronglylinkedtootherU.S.moreorientedtothePacificRimcitiesthantocitiesaroundtheglobe.thanSanFrancisco,Seattle,orevenNewYo
