Lecture 10: Global City Flashcards
What is the largest city in the world?
Tokyo
What should be done in a city for it to be considered as a global city?
An urban center must prove it enjoys a significant global advantage over other cities and serves as a hub within the world economic system
What is an urban center that enjoys significant competitive advantages and that serves as a hub within a globalized economic system?
Global city
The use of “global city” instead of “megacity” was popularized by who?
Saskia Sassen in 1991
Who used the term “world city” later in 1915?
Patrick Geddes
Types of global cities driving the world economy
- Global Giants
- Knowledge Capitals
- Asian Anchors
- American Middleweights
- International Middleweights
- Factory China
- Emerging Gateways
What is the type of globalization characterized as the world’s leading economic and financial centers
Global Giants
What type of global city is characterized by the world’s leading knowledge and tech hubs?
Knowledge Capitals
What are Asia’s five established and rising economic power centers?
Hong Kong
Singapore
Seoul-Incheon
Shanghai
Beijing
Moscow
What are these five Asia’s established and rising economic power centers called?
Asian Anchors
What type of global city includes 26 mid-sized metros outside U.S.?
International Middleweights
What type of global city includes 16 mid-sized U.S. metro areas?
American Middleweights
What type of global city includes 22 second and third-tier Chinese cities that are manufacturing powerhouses?
Factory China
What type of global city has 28 large global business and transportation gateways for major national and regional markets?
Emerging Gateways
Global forces are centered where?
Cities
