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<journal-id>0186-7210</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Estudios demográficos y urbanos]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Estud. demogr. urbanos]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0186-7210</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[El Colegio de México A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0186-72102010000300513</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Competitividad de las metrópolis mexicanas en el ámbito nacional, latinoamericano y mundial]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Competitiveness of Mexican Metropolises in the National, Latin American and World Sphere]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Garza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gustavo]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,El Colegio de México Centro de Estudios Demográficos, Urbanos y Ambientales ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2010</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2010</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>25</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>513</fpage>
<lpage>588</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0186-72102010000300513&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0186-72102010000300513&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0186-72102010000300513&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Existe un creciente interés por cuantificar los niveles de competitividad de las ciudades, pues todas las naciones requieren elevar la eficiencia de sus urbes para estar en posibilidad de articularse ventajosamente dentro del proceso de mundialización de la economía. Con el fin de desarrollar el planteamiento anterior, un primer objetivo de este artículo es sintetizar las principales teorías sobre el crecimiento económico de las ciudades y los factores determinantes de su grado de competitividad. A ello le sigue, como segundo propósito, presentar las características del sistema planetario de ciudades en 2005. En tercer lugar se analiza el grado de competitividad de las ciudades en México, Latinoamérica y el mundo, mediante la consideración de un conjunto de investigaciones que se han realizado al respecto. Se trata de estudiar comparativamente algunas de las principales clasificaciones existentes en México, para posteriormente ubicar los niveles de competitividad de las ciudades del país en el ámbito latinoamericano y mundial. Se considera como conclusión central que el hecho de que 20 ciudades mexicanas figuren entre las 500 más competitivas del mundo no ha promovido un desarrollo económico significativo, ni impidió que la competitividad global del país se haya desplomado del lugar 42° al 60° entre 2002 y 2009. Para invertir esta tendencia se requiere diseñar un nuevo modelo de acumulación de capital en México que permita superar las crisis recurrentes y retomar el sendero hacia un desarrollo económico sostenido, para lo cual es indispensable elevar el nivel de competitividad de las principales ciudades mexicanas a fin de que participen exitosamente dentro de una economía de escala planetaria.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: This is a growing interest in quantifying the competitiveness levels of cities, since all nations must boost the efficiency of their cities in order to be able to operate successfully within the globalization of the economy. In order to develop this thesis, the first aim of this paper is to summarize the main theories on the economic growth of cities and the factors that determine their degree of competitiveness. The second aim is to present the characteristics of the world system of cities in 2005. The third is to analyze the degree of competitiveness of cities in Mexico, Latin America and the world, through the consideration of a set of research projects conducted on the subject. The point is to provide a comparative study of the main classifications existing in Mexico in order to subsequently determine the competitiveness levels of the country&#8217;s cities in the Latin American and world sphere. The main conclusion is that the fact that 20 Mexican cities figure among the 500 most competitive ones has failed to promote significant economic development or prevent the country&#8217;s overall competitiveness from falling from 42nd to 60th place between 2002 and 2009. Reversing this trend requires designing a new model for the accumulation of capital in Mexico that will make it possible to overcome the recurrent crises and resume the path towards sustained economic development, which requires boosting the level of competitiveness of Mexican cities to enable them to participate successfully in a world-scale economy.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[políticas urbanas y regionales]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[world hierarchy of cities]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[competitiveness of Mexican cities]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[urban and regional policies]]></kwd>
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<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Old Wine, Cracked Bottle? Tokyo, Paris and the Global City Hypothesis]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Urban Affairs Review]]></source>
<year>1998</year>
<volume>33</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<issue>4</issue>
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