Global city
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New York City (top) and London (bottom) are considered leading global cities.
A global city (or world city) is a city that is widely considered to be an important part of the world economy. Most studies recognise New York City and London as the most important global cities, followed by Paris and Tokyo.[1]
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Manhattan, the core area of New York City, an Alpha++ global city, where there are several characteristic elements of global cities like worldwide influential economic (New York Stock Exchange) and cultural (Broadway) centers, headquarters of international political organizations (UN headquarters), world renowned museums (the Met Museum, MOMA, Guggenheim Museum), and worldwide-known landmarks (Times Square, Empire State Building, Central Park)
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References
- ↑ Including:
- "The World According to GaWC". GaWC. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
- "2012 Global Cities Index and Emerging Cities Outlook". Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
- Richard Florida (May 8, 2012). "What Is the World's Most Economically Powerful City?". The Atlantic Monthly Group. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
- "Global Power City Index 2012". Tokyo, Japan: Institute for Urban Strategies at The Mori Memorial Foundation. October 2012.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - "The Wealth Report 2013". Knight Frank LLP.
- "The Global City Competitiveness Index" (PDF). Managementthinking.eiu.com. 12 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
Other websites
- Repository of Links Relating to Urban Places. Archived 2005-06-23 at the Wayback Machine.
- The World-System’s City System: A Research Agenda. Archived 2006-05-27 at the Wayback Machine by Jeffrey Kentor and Michael Timberlake of the University of Utah and David Smith of University of California, Irvine.
- The State of the World's Cities, 2001. Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine. UN Human Settlements Programme.
