Examining Inter-city connections in Southeast Asia based upon interlocking city network model

ZEYUN  LI

doi:10.21833/IJAAS.2017.01.016

Examining Inter-city connections in Southeast Asia based upon interlocking city network model

ZEYUN LI

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In this paper, we employ an interlocking city network model to analyze the global urban network epitomized by advanced producer services firms in Southeast Asia. The purpose of this paper is aiming to examine inter-city connections of a wide range of nodes (cities) in this region thereby exploring a sub-network of world city network proposed by Globalization and World cities research network (GaWC) in Southeast Asia. Based upon interlocking network model, we collected relational data of the presence of 30 global advanced producer services firms from six sectors in a roster of Southeast Asian cities. Clearly, a multifarious inter-city connection with service value of cities is embodied in the relational matrix. In this regard, we can specifically measure the connectivity of each city through the office network of global advanced producer services firms, and identify most dominant cities embedded in world city network in Southeast Asia region, as well as hierarchical structures and regional tendencies of these selected cities by interweaving with global scale and local scale.

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