Global Cities

ZHOU Zhenhua is currently the Dean of Shanghai Institute for Global City, the People’s Republic of China. He is an economist and was, until recently, the Director of the Development Research Center, Shanghai Municipal People’s Government. He is also the President of Shanghai Economic Society. He graduated from Mudanjiang Teachers College in 1982 and Fujian Normal University in 1985, receiving a bachelor’s degree in law and a master’s degree in economics, respectively. During 1985–1987, he taught at the Department of Economics in Nanjing University. He completed his doctorate in Economics from Renmin University of China, in 1990.ZHOU has taught and served as the Deputy Director at the Institute of Economic Research, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. For about three decades, he has been engaged in the study of urban development strategies and policies and has published several books and journal articles. The books he has published include: The Development of Service Economy: A General Trend of the Changing Economy in China (2015) and the edited volume World City: International Lessons and Shanghai’s Development (2004).

• IntroductionLiterature ReviewGlobal Cities ResearchThe Studies of Global SpaceStudies on the World City NetworkDynamic Evolution ResearchDefinition of Global CitiesMethodology of ConceptualizationGlobal City ParadigmClarification of Some Confusing ConceptsEvolutionary Ontology and Its Core CategoryOntology of Global CitiesThe Core CategoryConnected SpacesEvolution Framework: World City NetworkComplex Interlocking Network ModelNetwork StructureEvolutionary DynamicsFramework of DynamicsInfluencing FactorsEvolutionary ProcessEvolutionary ModelDominant Model of EvolutionDiversity in Evolution (Types)Evolutionary Tendencies of Global CitiesEvolutionary Tendencies Based on Network IntensificationEvolution Trend Based on the Isotropic World City NetworkThe Evolution of SpaceSpace ExpansionEvolutionary Trend of Spatial Expansion ProcessesA Case Study of ‘Shanghai 2050’ Global City Vision (Part I)Strategic Drive: Prospects of GlobalizationStrategic Opportunities: Reshaping of World PatternThe Rise of China as Strategic SupportShanghai’s Endogenous Foundation for Global Cities EvolutionA Case Study of ‘Shanghai 2050’ Global City Vision (Part II)Prospects of Shanghai’s Evolution to a Global CityShanghai’s Vision of Becoming a Global CityCore Functions of Shanghai as a Global CityBibliography