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Flashcards in Contemporary Urban Environments- World Cities Deck (5)
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1
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Define mega city

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Mega cities have a population of over 10 million people

2
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Define world city

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  • majority of world cities found in HICs
  • not necessarily largest in terms of pop.
  • disproportionately important in the global economy
3
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Alpha ++ cities

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More integrated than all other cities and constitute their own high level of integration (eg. London and New York)

4
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Characteristics of a world city

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  • multifunctional infrastructure- offering some of best medical/legal facilities in the country
  • variety of international financial services
  • centres of media and communication
  • HQ for many TNCs
  • domination of trade and economy of surrounding areas
  • centres of innovation
5
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What makes London a global city?

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  • transport hub to many European/global destinations
  • ethnically diverse (1/3 of pop. ethnic minority background)
  • home to 33% of European HQs in Global 500
  • over 30% of the world’s currency exchange takes place here
  • 80% of business done is international