Bogota within globalization

This article tackles Bogotá’s situation in terms of economic globalization. It analyses the place of the Colombian capital within the new urban scenario provided by globalization. It tests the hypothesis that contemporaneous economic activity is concentrated in the capital and that it is the key pla...

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Autores:
Corredor Gómez, Eduardo
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2007
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/49838
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/49838
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/43328/
Palabra clave:
globalización
ciudad global
Bogotá
concentración económica
finanzas urbanas
globalization
global city
Bogotá
economic concentration
urban finance
Rights
openAccess
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Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:This article tackles Bogotá’s situation in terms of economic globalization. It analyses the place of the Colombian capital within the new urban scenario provided by globalization. It tests the hypothesis that contemporaneous economic activity is concentrated in the capital and that it is the key place for financial transactions. Such thesis is put forward by Saskia Sassen in the book called The Global City.