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There are many web sites relevant to GaWC research; here are some of those which we have found useful.


(WORLD) CITIES ON THE WEB

GaWC Inventory of World Cities
Local Government Web Site Index
Directory of UK Local Government Web Sites
German Cities on the Web
The USA Citylink Project

'Cities Collection', Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center
City Population (Population Statistics)

 


ASSOCIATIONS OF CITIES AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES

Arab Urban Development Institute (AUDI) - Arab Towns Organization (ATO)
Asian Network of Major Cities 21 (ANMC 21)
Association des Maires de Grandes Villes de France
China Association of Mayors (CAM)
Cities Alliance (Cities Without Slums)
CityNet (Asia-Pacific)
Core Cities (England)
Eurocities
European Urban Knowledge Network (EUKN)
Global Cities Dialogue
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
Major Cities of Europe IT Users Group
Metrex (Network of European Metropolitan Regions and Areas)
Metropolis (World Association of the Major Metropolises)
The National League of Cities (United States)
Organization of Islamic Capitals and Cities (OICC)
South African Cities Network (SACN)
Union of the Baltic Cities
United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
URBACT
U.S. Conference of Mayors

 


INFORMATION & DATA

Intute - provides free access to high-quality Internet resources for education and research
Cyburbia - The Urban Planning Portal
H-Urban Web Links
Resource for Urban Design Information (RUDI)
Sapling: Architecture, Planning & Landscape Information Gateway
The Global Site: Critical Gateway to World Politics, Society and Culture (University of Sussex)
The Globalization Website (Emory University)
MOST Management of Social Transformations Programme
European Spatial Planning Research and Information Database (ESPRID)
City Mayors
Go-Geo! (Information on geospatial data)

UNESCO Archives Portal
Social Science Data Archives
Council of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA)
UK Data Archive
German Social Science Infrastructure Services e.V. (GESIS)
World-Systems Archive

GaWC World City Relational Data
International Networks Archive (INA)
gum: globalization urbanization migration
Emporis Buildings - database on architectural and building data for cities worldwide
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Urban Audit (European Union)
ITU Telecommunication Indicators
TeleGeography

 


DATA ON INDIVIDUAL WORLD CITIES

London: Corporation of London
São Paulo: SEADE (Fundação Sistema Estadual de Análise de Dados)
São Paulo: Secretaria Municipal de Planejamento

 


DISCUSSION GROUPS

GaWC-i (GaWC-Intelligence Mailing List)
URB-GEOG-FORUM (Urban Geography)
URBGEOG (Urban Geography)
H-URBAN (Urban History)
CRIT-GEOG-FORUM
ECONOMIC-GEOGRAPHY
The World-Systems Electronic Conferencing Network (WSN)

 


INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
European Investment Bank (EIB)
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
United Nations
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE)
World Bank
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Official Web Site Locator for the United Nations System of Organizations
Union of International Associations (UIA)

 


BANKS & BANKING

Bank of England
Bank of Japan
Deutsche Bundesbank
European Central Bank
The Federal Reserve Board
Links to Central Banks

 


GLOBAL BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
The European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT)
TransAtlantic Business Dialogue (TABD)
United States Council for International Business (USCIB)
World Economic Forum
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

 


STATISTICAL AGENCIES AND STATISTICS

The International Network for Regional and Urban Statistics (SCORUS)
International Statistical Institute (ISI)
Interstate Statistical Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States
National Statistics (UK)
U.S. Census Bureau
Eurostat
United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Links to Statistical Agencies (Europe)
Links to Statistical Agencies (Worldwide)

 


OTHER GLOBAL LINKS

Governments on the WWW
Embassy World

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Singapore Economic Development Board

Global Trade Watch
World Economy, Ecology & Development (WEED)

Urban Networks and Network Theory (Seminar presentations)