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NEW YORK

TIME
SQUARE
LONDON
TOKYO
•Economic centers that exert
control over the world’s
political economy (Sassen,
1991)
•Hubs of global finance and
capitalism
Cities are sites as well as
the mediums of
globalization
•In 1950, only 30
percent of the
world lived in
urban areas
•By 2014, increased
to 54 percent
•By 2050, expected
to reach 66
percent
Los Angeles
Movie-making
Hollywood
San Francisco
Home of
powerful
internet
companies
Shanghai,
Beijing, and
Guangzhou,
China
Chinese
economy growth
Centers of Trade
and Finance
Sydney,
Australia
Holds greatest
proportion of
capital
Melbourne
• Most livable city
• Place with good
public
transportation
• Thriving cultural
scene
• Relatively easy
pace of life
I N D I C A T O R S
•Economic Power
•Economic Opportunities
•Economic
Competitiveness
•Centers of Authority
•Centers of Higher learning
and Culture
C H A L L E N G E S
•Sites of great
inequality, poverty,
violence
•Density
•Pollution
•Terror Attacks
To make cities sustainable for all:
1. create good, affordable
public housing
2. upgrade slum settlements
3. invest in public transport
4. create green spaces
5. get a broader range of
people involved in urban
planning decisions

That way, we can keep the things


we love about cities, and change
the things we don’t
•Global cities are sites and mediums
of globalization
•They are places that create exciting
fusions of culture and ideas
•Places generate tremendous wealth
•They remain sites of great inequality,
where global servants serve global
entrepreneurs

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