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Cities and Global Connectivity EXERCISE
Cities and Global Connectivity EXERCISE
Iturria: Derudder, B., & Witlox, F. (2007). Data sources for analysing transnational urban
networks: a critical overview. Flux, (2), 22-32.
Can you analyse, please, the concept of Closeness Centrality in connection to the upper
figure?
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3.2.- Which is the closest port from your home town? How well is it connected?
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4.- The following figure stands for the Top 100 multinational networks:
Iturria: Watson, A. (2012). The world according to iTunes: mapping urban networks of
music production. Global Networks, 12(4), 446-466.
Please, can you analyse the European nodes within this digital production network?
7.- Derudder, B., & Taylor, P. J. (2018). Central flow theory: Comparative connectivities in
the world-city network. Regional Studies, 52(8), 1029-1040.
7.1.- Please can you identify the top BRICS cities and analyse their global positioning?
7.2.- Is there a matching between the hierarchy of cities and the hierarchy of cultural
infrastructures?