78Received 06.05.2024. Revised 04.09.2024. Accepted 01.11.2024.
Abstract. This article is devoted to the transnational network of cities in the emerging global space of flows, represented by characteristic nodal structures and various material and intangible transboundary flows. The purpose of the article is to study the issues of the genesis of cities – international centers of influence as nodal structures of the global space of flows, the analysis of the key characteristics and properties of the global urban network. The methodological basis of the study is presented by the approaches of the concepts of neoliberalism, transregionalism, considering sub-state territorial entities as actors of world politics, as well as the spatial approach, the concepts of multi-level governance and network society. The key role of cities – international centers of influence in the global space of flows was identified, their key properties and characteristics in this capacity were identified. It is determined that the development or degradation of a megalopolis – a network node, is determined by its transnational flows, and the main properties of the transnational urban network are multi-level, hierarchical nature, and a variety of network flows. The term is proposed and a definition of a transnational global urban network is given.
Keywords: flow space, place space, city – international center of influence, network node, transnational flows, megapolis
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