The Global Urban Competitiveness Report – 2010

Ni, Pei; Kresl, Peter Karl; Liu, Wei

doi:10.4337/9781849805452

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“…A third issue has an economic geography nature. Many highly productive cities in the EU are small to medium‐sized cities whose dominant competitive advantage is that they exhibit high degrees of connectivity (Ni and Kresl, 2010; McCann and Acs, 2011) rather than urban or home market scale (Bel and Fageda, 2008). Neither rapid nor massive urban growth processes are evident in Europe.…”

Section: Context and Path Dependencymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Case for Regional Development Intervention: Place‐based Versus Place‐neutral Approaches*

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McCann

Rodríguez‐Pose

2012

Journal of Regional Science

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ABSTRACT. The paper examines the debates regarding place-neutral versus place-based policies for economic development. The analysis is set in the context of how development policy thinking on the part of both scholars and international organizations has evolved over several decades. Many of the previously accepted arguments have been called into question by the impacts of globalization and a new response to these issues has emerged, a response both to these global changes and also to nonspatial development approaches. The debates are highlighted in the context of a series of major reports recently published on the topic. The cases of the developing world and the European Union are used as examples of how in this changing context development intervention should increasingly focus on efficiency and social inclusion at the expense of an emphasis on territorial convergence and how strategies should consider economic, social, political, and institutional diversity in order to maximize both the local and the aggregate potential for economic development.

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Section: Context and Path Dependencymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Case for Regional Development Intervention: Place‐based Versus Place‐neutral Approaches*

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McCann

Rodríguez‐Pose

2012

Journal of Regional Science

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678

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“…In this regard, McCann and Acs () even argue that at the present day and age, national and international urban connectivity is more important for urban performance than urban size. Likewise, Bel and Fageda () reported that global airline networks are a much more important determinant of the location of corporate control functions than urban and national scale, while Ni and Kresl () pose that global connectivity is the most important determinant of the global competitiveness of cities. This not only suggests that nowadays the embeddedness in regional, national and international networks is important for urban performance, but also that small and medium‐sized cities have the opportunity to compete with larger ones provided that they are well connected.…”

Section: Introduction: the Missing Link Between Agglomeration Theory mentioning

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Borrowing size in networks of cities: City size, network connectivity and metropolitan functions in Europe

Meijers

Burger

Hoogerbrugge

2016

Papers in Regional Science

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The current dynamics in the Western European urban system are in marked contrast with the bourgeoning literature stressing the importance of agglomeration for economic growth. This paper explores whether this is due to the rise of 'city network economies', leading to processes of borrowed size as well as the rise of agglomeration shadows in networks of cities. The spread of metropolitan functions over Western European cities is analysed. It is found that network connectivity positively enhances the presence of metropolitan functions, but local size remains the most significant determinant for most types of functions. The importance of size and network connectivity differs across metropolitan functions and across cities.JEL classification: R12, R11

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“…In 1974, Rolfs proposed that the phenomenon that the product value increases as the number of its users increases should be termed "network externality" [33]. "Urban network externality" involves the expansion and extension of the concept of network externality used in the field of urban economics [34][35][36]. Capello [37] was the first to propose the concept of urban network externality, stating that cities can obtain economic benefits through the synergy and complementarity generated by the functional networks constructed among cities.…”

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The Impact of Borrowing Size on the Economic Development of Small and Medium-Sized Cities in China

Gong

Zhong

2021

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Sharing the economic agglomeration effects of large cities is considered an effective way to enhance economic growth in small and medium-sized cities, yet there remains a lack of relevant quantitative empirical research. In this study, the three dimensions of borrowing size of 285 prefecture-level cities and nighttime lighting data from 2004 to 2013 in China are used to assess its effect on economic development by a fixed-effects model with panel data. The results show that first, the effect of borrowing size on small and medium-sized cities’ economic development is significantly positive. In contrast, the effect of borrowing size on large cities is not significant. Second, the magnitude of the impact of borrowing size on small and medium-sized cities varies considerably across regions. In middle and western China, the most significant positive effect is from borrowing economic activity density and borrowing advanced functions. However, in eastern China, the most significant positive effect is from borrowing population, while borrowing advanced functions has a significant negative effect. In the northeast, borrowing economic activity density has a significant positive effect. This article provides policy recommendations in three areas: improving intercity accessibility, rationalizing the layout of urban industries, and supporting the development of education.

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The Global Urban Competitiveness Report – 2010

Cited by 29 publications

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The Case for Regional Development Intervention: Place‐based Versus Place‐neutral Approaches*

The Case for Regional Development Intervention: Place‐based Versus Place‐neutral Approaches*

Borrowing size in networks of cities: City size, network connectivity and metropolitan functions in Europe

The Impact of Borrowing Size on the Economic Development of Small and Medium-Sized Cities in China

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