The flow of information in a global economy: the role of the American urban system in 1990

Auteurs :
MITCHELSON, R.L.
WHEELER, J.O.

Description :
This paper examines the contemporary production and exchange of higher-order information that occurs among and between American cities and reveals how ongoing globalization has affected the position of these cities in the system of information exchange. A conceptual framework is introduced, combining processes of uncertainty, deregulation, globalization, and vertical disintegration. A three-tiered hierarchical system is revealed, with New York at the top.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Annals of the Association of American Geographers, issn : 0004-5608, 1994, vol. 84, n°. 1, p. 87-107, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 3 p.

Date :
1994

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis, Washington, DC, Association of American Geographers