World City Network 2012: Service Value Matrix and Global Network Connectivities
Ben Derudder and Peter J. Taylor
These data constitute the empirical basis for measuring the world city network in 2012. The data gathering strategy and the calculation model are described in detail in Taylor and Derudder (2016).
The following information is given to help understand and evaluate the data:
| Description | Files |
|---|---|
| 2012 data gathering strategy (firm and city selection) | |
| List of cities 2012 | |
| List of firms 2012 | |
| Service value matrix 2012 | XLSX |
| Global Network Connectivity (GNC) ranking 2012 | XLSX |
Reference
Taylor, P.J. and Derudder, B. (2016) World City Network: A Global Urban Analysis, 2nd edition, London: Routledge.
As per our data protocol, the following acknowledgement should accompany any public use of the data:
Acknowledgement: The data were produced by Ben Derudder and Peter J. Taylor and constitute Dataset 27 of the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) research network (https://gawc.lboro.ac.uk/) publication of inter-city data.