Dataset 30

World City Network 2018: 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 2018. 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:

DescriptionFiles
List of cities 2018PDF
List of firms 2018PDF
Service value matrix 2018XLSX
Global Network Connectivity (GNC) ranking 2018XLSX

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 30 of the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) research network (https://gawc.lboro.ac.uk/) publication of inter-city data.