Indicators of Globality

The foremost characteristic of a global

city is economic power.

Economic power largely determines which cities are global.

Economic opportunities in a global city make it attractive to talents from across the world.

Indicators of Globality

To measure the economic competitiveness of a city, the Economist Intelligence Unit has added other
criteria like market size, purchasing power of citizens, size of the middle class, and potential for growth.

The "tiny" Singapore is considered as Asia's most competitive city because of its strong market, efficient
and incorruptible

government, and livability.

Indicators of Globality Global cities are also centers of authority. Washington D.C. may not be as wealthy
as New York, but it is the seat of American state power.

Compared with Sydney and Melbourne, Canberra is a sleepy town and not attractive to tourists. But as
Australia's political capital, it is home to the country's top politicians, bureaucrats, and policy
advisors.Indicators of Globality
The cities that house major international organizations may also be considered centers of political
influence. United Nations headquarters - New York

✓ European Union headquarters - Brussels ✓ASEAN headquarters - Jakarta

✔European Central Bank - Frankfurt

Global cities are centers of higher learning and culture. A city's intellectual influence is seen through the
influence of its publishing industry.

The New York Times

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Harvard University Boston

Australia

Los Angeles-the center of the American film industry

Copenhagen, Denmark - is now considered as one of the culinary capitals of the world, with its top
restaurants incommensurate with its size.

2 Manchester, England-many prominent post-punk and new wave bands - Joy Division, the Smiths, and
the Happy Mondays-hailed from this city,Singapore houses some of the region's top: television stations
and news organizations (MTV Southeast Asia and Channel News Asia)
Its various art galleries and cinemas also show paintings from artists and filmmakers from Philippines
and Thailand.

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Today, global cities become culturally diverse.

Manila is not very global because of the dearth of foreign residents

but Singapore is, because it has a foreign population of 38%

Why study Global Cities?

Globalization is spatial which means

1. Globalization is spatial because it occurs in physical spaces. More people are driven out of city centers
to make way for the new developments

2 Globalization is spatial because what makes it move is the fact that it is based in places.

The Challenges of Global Cities Global cities also have their undersides. They can be sites of great
inequality and poverty as well as tremendous violence.

Global cities create winners and losers

Denser settlement patterns yield energy savings apartment building for example, are more efficient to
heat and cool than detached suburban house.
in cities with extensive public transportation systems, people tend to drive less and thereby cut carbon
emissions