9. GLOBAL CITY
• A global city, also called world
city or sometimes alpha city or
world center because it is a city
which is a primary node in the
global economic network
17. 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
19. 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
20. Global cities are centers of higher learning and culture.
Many of the books that people read are published in New York, London or Paris.
21. • 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
22. ASSIGNMENT: Create a one-page
brochure of your favorite city.
Deadline: Monday – 11:59PM.
