An Appraisal of the Use of Airline Data in Assessing the World City Network: A Research Note on Data

B. Derudder and F. Witlox
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B. Derudder: Geography Department, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281-S8 B9000 Gent, Belgium, ben.derudder@ugent.be
F. Witlox: Geography Department, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281-S8 B9000 Gent, Belgium, frank.witlox@ugent.be

Urban Studies, 2005, vol. 42, issue 13, 2371-2388

Abstract: Information on air passenger flows is potentially a prime data source for assessing spatial patterns in the world city network, but previous analyses of this issue have been hampered by inadequate and/or partial data. The ensuing analytical deficiencies have reduced the overall value of these analyses. Therefore, this paper examines how some of these deficiencies might be rectified. First, it reviews the rationale for using airline data to analyse the world city network. Secondly, it assesses the problems encountered by previous research. The third section elaborates on the construction of a global intercity matrix based on the so-called Marketing Information Data Transfer database and explains how this matrix can circumvent some previously identified problems.

Date: 2005
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