ECONOMICS’ GLOBALIZATION, WORLD’S METROPOLIZATION

Authors

  • Georges Benko

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7154/RDG.2002.0015.0005

Keywords:

Globalization, Geographical economy, Social sciences, Metropolization

Abstract

Globalization is a fashionable term whose origin is found in literature concerning multinational enterprises . This article showsthe diversity of definitions given to this concept according to different branches of knowledge such as  economics, geography, history,sociology, communication, or philosophy.  The author analyses also its economic aspects and by  doing  so   shows that globalization andmetropolization, two concepts often associated, should be used to understand the polarization of the new economics  around large cities.As a conclusion this paper shows the necessity of an organized globalization and a regulated worldwide market.

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Published

2011-04-30

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How to Cite

Benko, G. (2011). ECONOMICS’ GLOBALIZATION, WORLD’S METROPOLIZATION. Revista Do Departamento De Geografia, 15, 45-54. https://doi.org/10.7154/RDG.2002.0015.0005