Ben Derudder & Frank Witlox 
Commodity Chains and World Cities [EPUB ebook] 

Transnational spatial relations offer a key point from which to
study the geographies of contemporary globalization. This book
assesses the possible cross-fertilization between two of the most
notable analytical frameworks – the world city network framework
and the global commodity chain framework.

* Transnational spatial relations have become a key analytical
lens through which to study the geographies of contemporary
globalization

* Brings together contributions of key researchers from different
backgrounds and different parts of the world

* Offers a set of original approaches to the study of the
networked geography of globalization

Table of Content

1. World Cities and Global Commodity Chains: An introduction (Ben
Derudder and Frank Witlox).

2. World City Networks and Global Commodity Chains: Towards a
World-Systems’ Integration (Ed Brown, Ben Derudder, Christof
Parnreiter, Wim Pelupessy, Peter J. Taylor and Frank Witlox).

3. Global cities in Global Commodity Chains: Exploring the Role
of Mexico City in the Geography of Global Economic Governance
(Christof Parnreiter).

4. City Networks and Commodity Chains: Identifying Global Flows
and Local Connections in Ho Chi Minh City (Ingeborg Vind and Niels
Fold).

5. Cities, Material Flows and the Geography of Spatial
Interaction: Urban Places in the System of Chains (Markus
Hesse).

6. Integrating World Cities into Production Networks: The Case
of Port Cities (Wouter Jacobs, Cesar Ducruet and Peter De
Langen).

7. Intra-firm and Extra-firm Linkages in the Knowledge Economy:
The Case of the Emerging Mega-city Region of Munich (Stefan
Lüthi, Alain Thierstein and Viktor Goebel).

8. Making Connections: Global Production Networks and World City
Networks (Neil M. Coe, Peter Dicken, Martin Hess and Henry
Wai-Cheung Yeung).

9. Global Inter-city Networks and Commodity Chains: Any
Intersections? (Saskia Sassen).

Index.

About the author

Ben Derudder is Professor of Human Geography at Ghent
University. He is also Associate Director of the Globalization and
World Cities research group and network (Ga WC). His research
focuses on the conceptualization and empirical analysis of
transnational urban networks, the importance of business travel in
the space economy, and the impact of the globalization of transport
and production on urban development.

Frank Witlox is Professor of Economic Geography at Ghent
University. He is also Associate Director of the Globalization and
World Cities group and network (Ga WC), and a visiting professor at
the Institute of Transport and Maritime Management Antwerp (ITMMA).
His research focuses on transport economics and geography, city
logistics, world cities and globalization, and urban planning.