GLOBAL CITY

• A global city, also called world

city or sometimes alpha city or
GLOBAL CITY world center because it is a city
which is a primary node in the
global economic network
GLOBALIZATION IS SPATIAL because it occurs in physical
spaces
GLOBALIZATION IS SPATIAL because it is based on spaces.
GLOBALIZATION ACTS
ON CITIES AND CITIES
ACTS ON
GLOBALIZATION
Indicators of
Globality
Economic power
• New York may have the largest stock
market
• Tokyo house the most number of
corporate headquarters (613 HQ vs 217NY
HQ)
• Shanghai has the world’s busiest container
port, moving over 33 million container
units in 2013.
• San Francisco became the key figures in
Silicon Valley’s technology boom (Apple,
Google and Facebook)
• London remains the preferred destination
for many Filipinos with nursing degrees
SUEZ CANAL BLOCKAGE
 Global cities are the centers of authority.
Washington D.C. is the seat of American State Power
Jakarta, Indonesia is the location of ASEAN main HQ
 Global cities are centers of higher learning and culture.
Many of the books that people read are published in New York, London or Paris.
• Boston City is where the famous Harvard University is located
• Most Asian teenagers are moving to Australia because of its leading English-language
universities (2015, 19.2B AUD–roughly 14 billion USD)
• Copenhagen is one of the culinary capitals of the world
ASSIGNMENT: Create a one-page
brochure of your favorite city.
Deadline: Monday – 11:59PM.