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City-states in relational urbanization: the case of Luxembourg and Singapore
Wong, Catherine; Hesse, Markus; Sigler, Thomas
2021In Urban Geography, 43 (4), p. 501-522
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Keywords :
Relational cities; Global cities; Global urbanisation; Positionality; Luxembourg; Singapore
Abstract :
[en] Post-industrial global urbanisation has seen the rise of territorial economic development strategies predicated on reconfiguring the urban landscape to conform to novel forms of economic production, often under the guise of ‘global city’ development. This paper reorients the conversation on global city development by highlighting the intermediary roles that particular cities play in brokering flows of global knowledge, goods, and capital through novel spatial-economic configurations. We identify a sub-set of city-states characterized by territorial economic development strategies that are exemplary of ‘relational’ processes. Luxembourg and Singapore serve as illustrative cases in which urban territorial development is guided almost entirely by an exogenous orientation benefitting from an intermediary positionality. They focus on intermediary services supported by technologically intensive infrastructures and niche economic strategies enables a relational competitive advantage. Although all cities are in some way ‘relational’ in their politico-economic orientation, these extraordinary cases highlight a number of novel concurrent socio-spatial processes. We conclude that a combination of forward-looking and unconventional ‘relational’ territorial development strategies including digital infrastructures and entrepreneurial legislation support the emergence of novel industrial configurations whose key advantages are conferred by their positionality in relation to regional and global flows.
Disciplines :
Human geography & demography
Author, co-author :
Wong, Catherine
Hesse, Markus  ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Geography and Spatial Planning (DGEO)
Sigler, Thomas ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Identités, Politiques, Sociétés, Espaces (IPSE)
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
City-states in relational urbanization: the case of Luxembourg and Singapore
Publication date :
31 January 2021
Journal title :
Urban Geography
ISSN :
0272-3638
eISSN :
1938-2847
Publisher :
Taylor & Francis, United Kingdom
Volume :
43
Issue :
4
Pages :
501-522
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
FNR - Fonds National de la Recherche [LU]
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