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World Cities
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- 1What is a world city?World cities are those that exert a dominant influence over continental and global economies and processes.
- 2What is this independent of?This is INDEPENDENT of population size, as world cities do not have to have huge populations (but usually do) to exert such a huge influence.
- 3Examples of world citiesIndeed, a world city (also called global city or world center) is a city generally considered to be an important node (FOCAL POINT) in the global economic system such as London, New York and Tokyo.
- 4What do world cities important in? Who does this attract?Important in finance, services,trade, politics and culture. This attracts highly skilled people, as its where the highest concentration of good jobs are located.
- 5What do they tend to be hubs for?Hubs for media, culture, arts, governmental, transport (e.g. Heathrow), hubs for TNCs (e.g. NYC is hub for 500 TNC’s headquarters) and telecommunication. These are known globally and are tourist attractions.
Most world cities located in MEDCs, slight shift to LEDCs. - 6How are world cities ranked?Cities are ranked into Alpha++, Alpha +, Alpha, Beta and Gamma cities by taking into account many factors; economic factors are deemed more important than cultural or political factors though in this ranking.
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- A2 A2 Geography (World Cities ) FlashCards sobre World Cities, criado por Alice Kimpton em 11-01-2017.
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