Why Study Global Cities?
It is an urban center that enjoys significant competitive advantages and that serves as a hub within a globalized economic system.
Global City
American-Dutch sociologist
Popularized the term “Global City”
Saskia Sassen
highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States of America.
Supreme Court
It reduces available water catchment areas, agricultural lands, and increases the demand for energy.
Urban sprawl
materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain
Natural resources
globalization is ______ because what makes it move is the fact that it is based in places
spatial
The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo was first published in
1991
considered one of the culinary capitals of the world, with its top restaurants incommensurate with its size
Copenhagen
According to _____, an American urban studies theorist, “Ecologists have found that by concentrating their populations in smaller areas, cities and metros decrease human encroachment on natural habitats. Denser settlement patterns yield energy savings.
Richard Florida
suburb of a French City or sketchy part of town according to locals
Banlieue
We study global cities because global cities are seen as the ______or the sites and mediums of globalization
building blocks
The stock market may already have priced in the effect of the recession and now the stock market is anticipating a recovery.
Anticipation effect
One of the reasons for the many tourists visiting Boston is because they want to see the world’s top university.
Harvard University
Due to the sheer size of city populations, ____ areas consume most of the world’s energy.
urban
occurs when poorer residents are being driven away to make room for wealthier residents.
Gentrification