Table 5 Top 20 cities by degree centrality (Bellyhold cargo Routes).
From: Spatial evolution of international air cargo network connectivity in China: 1996–2019
Ranking | 1996 | 2002 | 2008 | 2014 | 2019 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
City | Degree Centrality | City | Degree Centrality | City | Degree Centrality | City | Degree Centrality | City | Degree Centrality | |
1 | Beijing | 15.382 | Beijing | 5.429 | Shanghai | 4.34 | Shanghai | 4.777 | Shanghai | 3.362 |
2 | Hong Kong | 7.107 | Shanghai | 4.103 | Beijing | 1.478 | Beijing | 4.305 | Beijing | 2.309 |
3 | Shanghai | 4.796 | Hong Kong | 2.092 | Seoul | 0.969 | Seoul | 1.865 | Guangzhou | 1.658 |
4 | Zurich | 4.545 | Tokyo | 1.792 | Hong Kong | 0.592 | Taipei | 1.748 | Bangkok | 1.328 |
5 | Guangzhou | 3.365 | Seoul | 1.222 | Tokyo | 0.525 | Guangzhou | 1.335 | Seoul | 0.924 |
6 | Frankfurt | 2.97 | Osaka | 0.817 | Singapore | 0.447 | Hong Kong | 1.076 | Tokyo | 0.92 |
7 | Bangkok | 2.676 | Bangkok | 0.66 | Frankfurt | 0.425 | Singapore | 0.834 | Singapore | 0.687 |
8 | Xiamen | 2.509 | Singapore | 0.627 | Guangzhou | 0.403 | Tokyo | 0.753 | Osaka | 0.549 |
9 | Seoul | 2.449 | Guangzhou | 0.515 | Osaka | 0.388 | Dubai | 0.725 | Taipei | 0.528 |
10 | Shenyang | 2.083 | Frankfurt | 0.478 | Anchorage | 0.387 | Bangkok | 0.558 | Shenzhen | 0.437 |
11 | Rome | 1.574 | San Francisco | 0.459 | Amsterdam | 0.387 | Amsterdam | 0.552 | Xiamen | 0.426 |
12 | Milan | 1.574 | Dalian | 0.396 | Tianjin | 0.348 | Shenzhen | 0.469 | Chengdu | 0.396 |
13 | Paris | 1.545 | Macau | 0.36 | Los Angeles | 0.281 | Moscow | 0.447 | Kuala Lumpur | 0.38 |
14 | Tokyo | 1.541 | Xiamen | 0.36 | Shenzhen | 0.275 | Frankfurt | 0.417 | Los Angeles | 0.339 |
15 | Shantou | 1.299 | Paris | 0.319 | Xiamen | 0.268 | Chengdu | 0.388 | Phuket | 0.337 |
16 | Singapore | 1.024 | Nagoya | 0.3 | Chicago | 0.254 | Qingdao | 0.366 | Kunming | 0.32 |
17 | Amsterdam | 0.837 | Kunming | 0.298 | Luxembourg | 0.215 | Hangzhou | 0.349 | Hong Kong | 0.299 |
18 | Copenhagen | 0.72 | Qingdao | 0.275 | Paris | 0.204 | San Francisco | 0.311 | Wuhan | 0.293 |
19 | London | 0.689 | Xi’an | 0.241 | Moscow | 0.202 | Paris | 0.285 | Hangzhou | 0.276 |
20 | Tianjin | 0.65 | Amsterdam | 0.233 | Macau | 0.195 | Kaohsiung | 0.274 | Dubai | 0.257 |