世界城市的崛起世界城市是全球城市等级体系中的重镇,早在1915年,帕特里克·盖迪斯(Patrick Geddes)已使用“世界城市”来指称世界商务发生的重要城市与地点(Short,1996;转引自周素卿,2003)。彼得·霍尔(Hall,1966)认为,世界城市是指那些已对全世界或大多数国家发生经济、政治、文化影响的国际第一流大都市。上世纪80年代以来,约翰·弗里德曼(Friedm ann and Wolff,1982;Friedm ann,1986)和萨丝琦娅·萨森(Sassen,1991)等进一步推动了“世界/全球城市”的概念和理论进展,各种探讨已使“世界城市”成为城市与区域研 The rise of the world’s cities World cities are central to the global hierarchy of cities. As early as 1915, Patrick Geddes had used “world cities” to refer to important cities and places where business in the world took place (Short, 1996; quoted from Zhou Suqing, 2003). According to Hall (1966), world cities refer to those first-rate international metropolis that have economic, political and cultural impact on all or most countries in the world. Since the 1980s, Friedman and Wolff (1982; Friedman and 1986) and Sassen (1991) have further promoted “World / Global Cities” The concept and theoretical progress, various discussions have made “world city ” into a city and regional research