ABSTRACT World cites are critical nodes in global production networks (GPNs). Being ‘gateways’, they serve as hubs for transport and logistics, industrial processing, corporate control and service provision as well as knowledge transmission. In this article, the concept of gateway cities is applied to Buenos Aires and the oil and gas sector. The author explains processes of concentration and dispersal, showing that Buenos Aires concentrates corporate control, whereas the other gateway elements can also be found at peripheral locations. The competition of gateway cities and places subordinate to them relates to debates about downsides of integration into the global economy that may result from a gateway’s ‘agglomeration shadow’. From a conceptual perspective, the article brings the GPN approach and the world city literature together so as to better understand the territoriality of GPNs and draw attention to city-to-hinterland relations. Being an open heuristic, the concept allows for incorporating experiences from the Global South and overcoming the bias of the world city literature towards advanced producer services and corporate control. Against the backdrop of the findings on Buenos Aires, the author suggests to better recognize a city’s attractiveness as a place to live and work.

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布宜诺斯艾利斯作为门户城市：它如何将阿根廷石油和天然气行业与全球联系起来

摘要 世界引用是全球生产网络 (GPN) 中的关键节点。作为“门户”，它们充当运输和物流、工业加工、企业控制和服务提供以及知识传播的枢纽。在本文中，门户城市的概念适用于布宜诺斯艾利斯和石油和天然气行业。作者解释了集中和分散的过程，表明布宜诺斯艾利斯集中了公司控制，而其他网关元素也可以在外围位置找到。门户城市及其下属地方的竞争与关于融入全球经济可能由门户的“集聚阴影”导致的不利因素的辩论有关。从概念上来说，文章将 GPN 方法和世界城市文献结合起来，以更好地理解 GPN 的地域性，并引起人们对城市与腹地关系的关注。作为一个开放的启发式方法，该概念允许整合来自全球南方的经验并克服世界城市文学对先进生产者服务和企业控制的偏见。以布宜诺斯艾利斯的调查结果为背景，作者建议更好地认识城市作为生活和工作场所的吸引力。