The Challenges of Global Cities (FInal Exam) Flashcards
(17 cards)
__________ conjure up images of fast-paced, exciting, cosmopolitan lifestyles
Global cities
As _________ notes: “Ecologists have found that by concentrating their populations in smaller areas, cities and metros decrease human encroachment on natural habitats.
Richard Florida
________ patterns yield energy savings; apartment buildings, for example, are more efficient to heat and cool than detached suburban houses.
Denser settlement
________ have the lowest per capita carbon footprint in the United States.
, New Yorkers
In Asia, dense global cities like______and _____ also have relatively low per capita carbon footprints.
Singapore
Tokyo
while cities like Manila, Bangkok, and Mumbai are _______, their lack of public transportation and their governments’ inability to regulate their car industries have made theme extremely polluted.
denser
. Cities only cover ____ percent of the world’s landmass, but they consume ________percent of global energy.
2
78
if carbon emissions must be cut to prevent global warning, this massive energy consumption must be ______.
curbed
The ______ attacks that brought down the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York, and the November 2015 coordinated attacks in Paris by zealots of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
9/11
Slowly, they are being forced to move _______ away from the economic centers of their cities. As a city attracts more ______ and richer residents, real estate prices go up and poor residents are forced to relocate to far away but cheaper areas.
farther
capital
. This phenomenon of driving out the poor in favor of newer, wealthier residents is called ________
gentrification.
In Australian cities, poor _______Australians have been most acutely affected by this process.
aboriginal
. Once living in public urban housing, they were forced to move farther away from the city center that offer more jobs, more government services, and better transportation due to ________
gentrification
In France, poor Muslim migrants are forced out of Paris and have clustered around ethnic enclaves known as banlieue.
gentrification
____________ creates high-income jobs that are concentrated in global cities
Globalization
_________ an urban centre that enjoys significant competitive advantages and that serves as a hub within a globalized economic system.
Global City
The term has its origins in research on cities carried out during the 1980s, which examined the common characteristics of the world’s most important cities.
Global Cities
