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•Washington D.C. seat of the Global cities are now more culturally
American State Power diverse, an example is having different type
• Canberra, a sleepy town but of cuisines from different parts of the world
Australia’s political capital in its vicinity.
Authority
Sheer size of city populations across the • Hollowing out of the middle class
world, urban areas consume the most of on global cities has heightened the
world's energy. inequality among them.
“A large global city may thus be
Cities only cover 2% of the world's paradise for some but a purgatory
landmass but consumes 78% of global for others.”
energy.