From a discussion of the close relationship between a city and its functional region, illustrated with Chinese cities of different hierarchies, the author proceeds to examine the rationale for promoting the development of cities in step
with development in the resource potentials of the cityregion, with territorial division of labour, and with demographic development within the region. Multi-centred cities have more rational structure than uni-centred cities provided that basic infrastructural
provision is in line with the rate of city growth. (TNC).
The purpose of this paper is to research the locational changes of branch offices in Kagoshima City, and to re-examine the place of Kagoshima City in the Kyushu regional urban system which has formed under the top-city of Fukuoka, through
the examination of the territories of branch offices in Kagoshima City. The author indicates 4 points as results. - (KA)
The agglomeration of branch offices and their recent changes in major cities
Enterprise ; Head office ; Japan ; Large city ; Offices ; Regional metropolis
This paper is to evaluate the agglomeration of branch offices in the major cities in Japan. The A. discusses this point under the one-point' concentration of capital and information in Tokyo headquarters during the 1980s.
Havanna varosfoldrajza. (Geography of the city of Havana)
Cuba ; Environnement ; Géographie de l'Amérique ; Géographie urbaine ; Habana ; Infrastructure ; Morphologie urbaine ; Région urbaine ; Zone fonctionnelle
The geographical position and the history of the largest city in the Caribbean area is outlined. The description also covers towns in the Havana agglomeration, infrastructural level and functional zones of the city. (DLO).
The location of producer services and the hierarchy of cities in Japan : a case study of the Tohoku region
This paper aims to examine the location of producer services to understand the differences in growth among the Japanese cities. The A. analysed this point in Tohoku Region in Japan. - (KA)
International perspectives on the definition of intermediate size cities : South African applications
City size ; Concept ; Medium-sized town ; Regional planning ; South Africa ; Town
Conflicting ideas on the development of intermediate cities in South Africa have been propagated. In the light of international experience, procedures are devised to identify such cities in an objective manner. - (AJC)
Knowledge-based development: policy and planning implications for cities
Cities, enterprises and society at the eve of the 21st century
to knowledge in several types and sizes of cities. Implications for cities and regions are summarised and the need for a policy framework is explored.
The approach draws from the experience of US cities and is being elaborated while undertaking strategic diagnostics of knowledge-based development in several cities. The A. presents key findings from studies of the transformation from production
The relationship between wider-area municipal spheres and regional urban systems in Japan
In this paper the writer tries to analyze urban tributary areas and daily cityregions of central cities according to the analysis of connectivity between central cities and their surrounding municipalities by using commuting data among
municipalities (1985 Census). Instead of the concept of a cityregion the writer uses the concepts of a daily cityregion corresponding to the commuting areas of a central city and an urban tributary area consisting of a wider area. As shown in another paper
(Morikawa, 1990), a municipality qualifies as a central city if the workers of at least 3,000 persons are engaged in sales and service job of the city. The writer examined the spatial relationships between WAMSs (wider-area municipal spheres) and urban
Classification of Japanese cities based on manufacturing employment
Croissance économique ; Emploi ; Espace urbain ; Fonction urbaine ; Honshu ; Industrie ; Japon ; Keihanshin ; Nagoya ; Région urbaine ; Setouchi ; Structure industrielle ; Tokyo
Economic growth ; Employment ; Honshu ; Industrial structure ; Industry ; Japan ; Nagoya ; Tokyo ; Urban area ; Urban function ; Urban region
that the cities in Tokyo and Nagoya metropolitan regions have much specialized in manufacturing activity in 1986, while Keihanshin metropolitan region and Setouchi region have declined. - (KA)
The purposes of this paper are to clarify the spatial patterns of industrial cities using the index of manufacturing specialization in 1972 and 1986 and to examine the changing spatial pattern of those cities between 1972 and 1986. He indicates
Relational cities. Doha, Panama City, and Dubai as 21st century entrepôts
Activité économique ; Doha ; Dubayy ; Emirats arabes unis ; Etude comparée ; Exportation ; Néolibéralisme ; Panama ; Panama City ; Réseau ; Service ; Urbanisme ; Ville mondiale ; Ville relationnelle
Comparative study ; Dubai ; Economic activity ; Export ; Neo liberalism ; Network ; Panama ; Service ; United Arab Emirates ; Urbanism ; World city
that they are constituted through globally critical flows of capital, goods, and ideas, and whose economies are dedicated to intermediary services such as offshore banking, container- and bulk-shipping, and regional re-exportation. Drawing upon Doha, Dubai, and Panama City
This article analyses the concept of the “relational city” as a transnational urbanist approach to understanding a particular subset of cities that are emblematic of the spatial transformations manifest through advanced capitalism. It demonstrates
, this article suggests a new way of understanding urban change in a global context while simultaneously moving beyond the recurrent focus on the top-tier financial world cities of the Global North.
Problems of positionality in city-regionalization models
Two urban geographers, writing in a sociological publication, take up the issue of the impact of positionality (the property of having a position in space) in systems of cities and within a particular city. Three specific aspects of positionality
are discussed: 1. the impact of the positionality of cities on their growth rates| 2. identification of the strongest manifestations of positionality| 3. the preference for particular manifestations of positionality, as exhibited by members of a social
population having different goals. Both regression analysis and gaming procedures are used in investigating these aspects of positionality, and the results are discussed with reference to sets of cities in the USSR, Poland and East Germany. (Ed.).