Questions and Answers
What percentage of the world's population lived in urban areas in 2014?
54%
Who popularized the term 'GLOBAL CITY' in the 1990s?
Saskia Sassen
What is one of the reasons why San Francisco is now considered a Global City?
It is home to the most powerful internet companies
What was reopened in Shanghai in the late 1990s?
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What criteria did Sassen primarily use to determine what constitutes a global city?
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What is a key economic indicator of a global city?
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What is a major challenge faced by global cities?
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What percentage of the world's landmass is covered by cities?
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Why is it necessary to curb energy consumption in cities?
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What is a characteristic of a global city that attracts talents from around the world?
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Study Notes
Why Study Global City?
- Globalization occurs in physical spaces, making cities crucial to its development.
Global Urbanization Trends
- In 1950, 30% of the world's population lived in urban areas, increasing to 54% by 2014 and expected to reach 66% by 2050.
Concept of Global City
- Saskia Sassen popularized the term "GLOBAL CITY" in the 1990s, with economic criteria for determining a global city.
- Top 3 Global Cities according to Sassen: New York, London, and Tokyo.
Expanding Global City Criteria
- Recent commentators have expanded the criteria to include cultural influence (e.g., Los Angeles) and technological hubs (e.g., San Francisco).
- Chinese cities like Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangzhou have become centers of trade and finance.
Indicators of Globality
- Economic Power: largely determines whether a city is global.
- Economic Opportunities: global cities attract talent from around the world.
- Competitiveness: measured by market size, purchasing power of citizens, middle-class size, and growth potential.
Characteristics of Global Cities
- Centers for Authority
- Centers of Higher Learning and Culture
- Great places to live (e.g., Melbourne, considered a rival to Sydney).
Challenges of Global Cities
- Creation of winners and losers, with great inequality and poverty.
- Sites of tremendous violence.
- High energy consumption (78% of global energy) and carbon emissions, contributing to global warming.
