World City Network 2000: The Basic Data
Peter J. Taylor and Gilda Catalano
These data constitute the empirical basis for measuring the world city network as described in P.J. Taylor (2004) World City Network: A Global Urban Analysis (London: Routledge). They were collected as part of GaWC Research Project 10 to replace the experimental data given in GaWC Data Set 6. Their production is described in detail in Measurement of the world city network (first published as GaWC Research Bulletin 43).
These data were collected in 2000. They are the service values (indicating the importance of a city in the office network of a firm) of 100 global service firms distributed across 315 cities worldwide. All firms supply advanced producer services (accountancy, advertising, banking/finance, insurance, law, and management consultancy) through offices in at least 15 cities (including at least one in each of Pacific Asia, western Europe and northern America).
The following information is given to help understand and evaluate the data:
| Description | Files |
|---|---|
| List of global service firms 2000 (the ‘GaWC 100’) | |
| List of cities 2000 | |
| Decision making criteria for coding service values firm by firm | |
| Appendix 1: Extra-locational functions of offices | |
| Appendix 2: Size indicators of offices | |
| Service value matrix 2000 | XLS CSV |
As per our data protocol, the following acknowledgement should accompany any public use of the data:
Acknowledgement: The data were produced by Peter J. Taylor and Gilda Catalano and constitute Dataset 11 of the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) research network (https://gawc.lboro.ac.uk/) publication of inter-city data.