出版社:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
摘要:This paper contains a theoretical reflection about the methodology and meaning given to the global city rankings. There is a very large academic production about the role that some cities have in global territorial processes, which has been related to the concept of global city. Many recent contributions from the mass media, advertising and consulting services must be considered also in the analysis. All of them have included new indicators in order to show the main role that cultural services have acquired in the urban economy. Also the city rankings are being used as a tool in neoliberal policies. These policies stress the position that cities have in the rankings, which are used in practices of city-branding and to justify the neoliberal decisions that are being taken. In fact, we think that rankings are used inappropriately and that it is necessary a deep and new reflection about them.
关键词:Cultural Services;Global Cities Rankings;Globalisation;Neoliberal Urban Policies;World Cities System;Globalización;Listados urbanos globales;Políticas urbanas neoliberales;Servicios culturales;Sistema mundial de ciudades