Dataset 31

World City Network 2020: 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 2020. 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 2020PDF
List of firms 2020PDF
Service value matrix 2020XLSX
Global Network Connectivity (GNC) ranking 2020XLSX

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