Challenges Facing

Global Cities
• Competition with other cities
– Global cities are locked into
competition with one
another to command increasing
resources and to attract
capital
– To successfully compete, local
governments have been
keen to promote their cities as
Challenges Facing
global
Global Cities
• Competition with other cities
– Such cities have been marketed as
“entrepreneurial”
centres, sites of innovation in the
knowledge economy,
and as being rich with cultural
capital
– Such cities also regularly compete
to host world events
of considerable prestige that present
further economic
opportunities, such as the Olympic
Games.Case
Study 2.
Competition in Hosting
Olympics