Geographers Regarding World Cities P.J. TaylorR.E. Lang

 Born: November 21, 1944  A world-systems analyst  Focuses on the world/global cities in contemporary globalization ~~Notable Achievements~~  Researches into three themes:  Contemporary ~ World city network Contemporary  Historical ~ Comparative urban networks and change Historical  Generic ~ Cities in societal transitions Generic P.J. Taylor “I am fascinated by cities.”

 ~~Notable Achievements~~  ( ) Professor of Political Geography at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne  (1982) Founding editor of Political Geography (Quarterly)  (2010-present) Professor at Northumbria University  (1998) Founder & Director of the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC)  Author of over 300 publications, 60 of which have been translated to other languages P.J. Taylor

  This theme is closely related to research on world cities and the lack of data related to them  Physical cities must be theorized and modeled  In which inter-city relations would be estimated.  This research led to Taylor’s creation of the interlocking network model.  Advanced producer firms are identified as network makers by linking cities across the world through their inter-city office networks. Contemporary ~ World City Network

  The contemporary theme arouses the following:  Competition in hierarchies vs. mutuality in networks?  Inter-city relations are inherently cooperative  Hierarchical tendencies make competition & mutuality reliant on each other. Historical ~ Comparative Urban Networks & Change

  Cities are in no sense ‘western’ in nature  Cities are a trans-historical concept of social organization that can be found in many societies  Commercial and guardian moral syndromes support the only two ways of making a living  These are generic concepts expressed in more complex societies as city networks form and states territorialize Generic ~ Cities In Societal Transitions

 Born:  Nationally recognized authority on:  Urban growth  Economic development  Population Dynamics  Called upon by national business leaders to provide:  An understanding of economic recovery in the west.  What elements lead to the decline.  What will bring it back? R.E. Lang

  His research specialties include:  Suburban studies  Real estate  Demographic & spatial analysis  Economic development  Metropolitan policy  He authored over 150 academic & professional publications  Examines profound political + economic changes that reshape the Mountain West. R.E. Lang

  He has developed many urban planning concepts such as:  Boomburbs Boomburbs  Edgeless Cities Edgeless Cities  Megapolitan Areas Megapolitan Areas R.E. Lang

  Boomburb is a new term for “a large, rapidly growing city that remains essentially suburban in character, even when it reaches populations seen in urban cities.”  They are places containing over 100,000 residents that are NOT in their core cities. Boomburbs

  A.K.A “Edge city”  An American term for a concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment outside a traditional downtown (or central business district).  Previously been in a residential or rural area  “Has more jobs than bedrooms” Edgeless Cities

  Clustered networks of American cities whose population ranges from 7 to 63 million people by the year  11 megaregions in the United States Shortcomings  More successful at identifying fast-growing regions with existing metropolitan centers than more sparsely-populated, slower growing regions.  No distinct connection between cities Megapolitan Areas

  UrbanGeography.pdf UrbanGeography.pdf   cities-taylor cities-taylor    taylor-p.html taylor-p.html    Bibliography

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