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The urban hierarchy and global cities -- International financial centres technology, space and agglomeration -- A sense of history : global finance and historic cities -- Inside the office market -- Occupational demand, office space and rents -- The supply of space -- Investment, capital flows and the office market -- International finance, global office markets and systemic risk -- Booms, bubbles, crises and contagion -- Globalisation, ownership and innovation in real estate markets -- All fall down : global financial centres, real estate and risk.

Are global city office markets inherently unstable?. This examination of office markets in major world cities analyses the flows of capital that create urban form, the nature of ownership, investment and occupation and the impact of office markets on economic stability. Towers of Capital - office markets & international financial services explores the relationship between the evolution of major international financial centres as part of the global capital market system, the development of office markets in those cities, real estate investment in those office markets and the patterns of risk a.

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