Global City: Its Definition and Concepts

global city

As defined, a _______ is an urban centre that enjoys significant competitive advantages and that serves as a hub within a globalized economic system.

cities

In some formulations of the global city thesis, then, such ___ are seen as the building blocks of globalization

New York, London, and Tokyo

As such, _______ can be identified as global cities, all of which are hubs of global finance and capitalism.

global cities

This concept of ______ was used to describe these three urban centers of New York, London, and Tokyo as economic centers that exert control over the world’s political economy.

World cities

________ are categorized as such based on the global reach of organization found in them. Not only are there inequalities between these cities there also exists inequalities within each city.

cities

Alternatively, these _______ can be seen as important nodes in a variety of global networks

New York

______ may have the largest stock market in the world but Tokyo houses the most number of corporate headquarters (613 company headquarters as against 217 in New York, its competitor).

Tokyo

New York may have the largest stock market in the world but _____ houses the most number of corporate headquarters (613 company headquarters as against 217 in New York, its competitor).

Shanghai

____ may have a smaller stock market compared to New York and Tokyo, but plays a critical role in the global economic supply chain ever since China has become the manufacturing center of the world.

China

Shanghai may have a smaller stock market compared to New York and Tokyo, but plays a critical role in the global economic supply chain ever since _____ has become the manufacturing center of the world.

Shanghai

_____ has the world’s busiest container port, moving over 33 million container units in 2013.

Washington DC

_______ may not be wealthy as New York but it is the seat of American state power.

Canberra

_____ is a sleepy town and thus is not as attractive to tourists.

Australia

Canberra is a sleepy town and thus is not as attractive to tourists. But as _______’s political capital, it is home to the country’s top politicians, bureaucrats, and policy advisors.

New York

The headquaters of the United Nations is in ____, and that of the European Union is in Brussels.

Brussels

The headquaters of the United Nations is in New York, and that of the European Union is in _____.

Jakarta

An influential political city near the Philippines is ____, which is not just the capital of Indonesia, but also the location of the main headquarters of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Frankfurt

The European Central Bank which oversees the Euro (the European Union’s currency), is based in ______.

New York Times

The _______ carries the name of New York City but it is far from being a local newspaper.

Boston

One of the reasons for many tourists visiting _____ is that they want to see Harvard University - the world’s top university.

Australia

Many Asian teenagers are moving to cities in ____ because of the leading language universities there.

Los Angeles

_______, the center of the American film industry may also be considered a global city.

Copenhagen

A less obvious example, however, is _______, the capital of Denmark. It is so small that one can tour the entire city by bicycle in thirty minutes. It is not the home of a major stock market, and its population is rather homogenous.

Copenhagen

However, _____ is now considered as one of the culinary capitals of the world, with its top restaurants incommensurate with its size.

Manchester, England

Similarly, _______ in the 1980’s was a dreary, industrial city. But many prominent post-punk and New Wave bands - Joy Division, the Smiths, the Happy Mondays - hailed from this city, making it a global household name.

Singapore

In Southeast Asia, ______ is slowly becoming a cultural hub for the region. It now houses some of the region’s top television stations and news organization (MTV Southeast Asia and Channel News Asia).

Philippines and Thailand.

Its various art galleries and cinemas also show paintings from artists and filmmakers respectively from the _____. It is, in fact, sometimes easier to watch the movie of a Filipino indie filmmaker in Singapore than it is in Manila.

San Francisco Bay Area

Since the 1970’s, many of the top IT programmers and engineers from Asia have moved to _______ to become some of the key figures in Silicon Valley’s technology boom.

London

____ remains a preferred destination for many Filipinos with nursing degrees.

Economist Intelligence Unit

The _________ has added other criteria like market size, purchasing power of citizens, size of the middle class, and potential for growth.

Singapore

Based on this criteria, tiny _______ is considered Asia’s most competitive city because of its strong market, efficient and incorruptible government, and livability. 179 It also houses the regional offices of many major global corporations

Cities

_____ are the engines of globalization

Cities

They are social magnets, growing faster and faster.

urban life

In the current generation, ____ has become the dominant form of human life throughout the world.

global cities

An increasing number of large cities, with populations of over five million, are already identified as ____, cities that are nodes of global as much as national networks.

18

In 2000, there were ___ megacities (over 10 million)‚ such as Mumbai, Tokyo, New York City/Newark and Mexico City had populations in excess of 10 million inhabitants.

Greater Tokyo

_____ already has 35 million. The Hong Kong/Guangzhow area is even larger, perhaps 120 million.

5%

In 1900, ____ of the world population was urban.

2007

In ____, the count passed 50%.

75%

By 2050, up to ____ is anticipated.

Urban growth

_______ is faster outside the Western world, fastest in the poorest areas, such as Africa and the poorer parts of Asia, producing the most serious problems‚ which as the processes of globalization also progress will cease to be African and Asian problems and will become global problems.

institutional innovation

Now, _______ is failing to keep up with the rate of growth and change, and the problems confronting urban populations depend more on size and the rate of growth than on cultural expectations.