The Largest, Metropolitan, and Global Centers in the World Arena: Matching Networksстатья
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Аннотация:The article compares the leadership of the world’s cities in terms of their size, capital status, globaleconomic functions, and spatial structure of their networks. The global network of 210 largest centers is polycentric but coincides with the network of capitals by only one-third. Giant countries, except for Indonesiaand Russia, are characterized by bi- or even polycentrism and active competition of the leading cities. Theyare dictated by geographic, political, and other factors. Smaller countries, far more numerous in the world,as a rule (but not without exceptions), have monopolistic centers, most often represented by their capitals asabsolute and unrivaled leaders. Lists of just large and global cities almost equal in length coincide by 60%. Itis difficult for small and poor countries to create global centers; it is easier for them to grow a global centerfrom a capital or largest city. Shifts of urban networks to the south at the planetary level are caused by bothglobal and (often) internal forces, including sharp reversals in countries with transitional economies.