Global Cities

GE TCW
[ The Contemporary World ]
Introduction
• The ways globalization impacts on local life is
nowhere more visible than in the global city
– The global city is the physical/spatial and geographic
playground of the globalizing forces
– Where global flows of people, capital, and ideas are
most evidentLearning Outcomes
• At the end of this lesson, learners are expected to:
1.
Define global city;
2.
Identify the features or characteristics of global cities;
3.
Explain the role of global cities in the globalization
process; and
4.
Discuss the challenges facing global citiesDefining Global
City
• Global City
– An urban center that enjoys significant competitive
advantage and that serves as a hub within a globalized
economic system (Graig Charnock)
• Competitive advantage – a condition or circumstance that puts
the city in a favorable or superior business position