2012 Global Cities Index and Emerging Cities Outlook The global cities index first released in 2008 and then in 2010 and now 2012‚ measures global engagement of cities across 5 dimensions: business activity‚ human capital‚ information exchange‚ cultural experience‚ and political engagement; it’s a ranking more comprehensive in a measurement in a city’s global influence. The world today is more about cities than countries. While New York‚ Paris‚ Tokyo‚ and London still today rank among top cities
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NOTES PACKAGE WEEKS 2-6 JGI216H1 Urbanization Lecture 1 Notes: Global Context of Urbanization What is urban : “The reorganization of human society from being predominantly rural and agricultural to being predominantly urban and non-agricultural” (Weeks‚ J. 2008). Where do we draw the lines? political boundaries economical boundaries daily urban system regions and mega-regions Conceptual definition of Urban: “A spatial concentration of people whose lives are organized around non-agricultural
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SPACES AND EXCHANGES : Global cities. A global city is a city having a strategic position in diverse domains‚ mainly economic‚ political and cultural at the world level and establishing a nodes of communications. Global cities as London‚ the second world city after New York‚ is the leaders in the world as well as on the international market. That is why‚ a global city is a city who influences global affairs in terms of politics‚ culture‚ and various socio-economic means. We studied the notions spaces
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What is a smart city? • A smart city has been defined as a ‘knowledge’‚ ‘digital’‚ ‘cyber’ or ‘eco’ city; representing a concept open to a variety of interpretations‚ depending on the goals set out by a smart city’s planners. We might refer to a smart city as an improvement on today’s city both functionally and structurally‚ using information and communication technology (ICT) as an infrastructure. • A city well performing in a forward-looking way in [economy‚ people‚ governance‚ mobility
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Paragraphs: 1. Intro 2. What is modern? Academic views and what people in cities of the global south perceive as being modern(Bangkok example) 3. What is the global south- which cities belong to this category 4. Technological progress as a form of modernity using positive examples from India (Bangalore) and less positive views from Lagos 5. Employment structure e.g the informal sector often viewed as not modern. Robinsons view of cape town 6. Education- literacy rates Islamabad 7. Linking
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The Megacity The movement and concentration of the global population in urban areas is growing at a rapid rate. The increased growth rates of major urban areas calls for the development of megacities to keep up with the increase in the population. According to the definition provided by the United Nations‚ megacities are cities with populations of over 10 million (UNFPA‚ 12). Based on this definition‚ it is expected that the number of megacities in the world will be mostly located in the
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Primate city From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search A primate city is the leading city in its country or region‚ disproportionately larger than any others in the urban hierarchy.[1] A ’primate city distribution’ has one very large city with many much smaller cities and towns‚ and no intermediate-sized urban centres‚ in contrast to the linear ’rank-size distribution’.[2] The ’law of the primate city’ was first proposed by the geographer Mark Jefferson in 1939.[3] He defines
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Cities of the Future Presented To: John Gillies Presented by: Devon Francis English Essay Wednesday‚ October 8‚ 2013 The arrival of the cities of the future and what it has to offer such as technology and many other things evolves as everybody awaits to see what the city has to offer and what changes and improvements the city will have also. Many people have these types of question stuck in their heads and wonder: “Could the changes and improvements
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The City Shaped; The City as Diagram In the Tired chapter‚ “The City as Diagram”‚ he explains that the design intent that determines the eventual form of certain cities. With the contemporary Eco village of Arcosanti and the Medieval period Palmanova in Italy‚ he contrasts two distinct forms‚ tracing their diagrammatic evolution. The diagram of the two cities is very specific‚ addressing their intent; responding to the landscape the former and to the militaristic needs and ideas in the latter
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POLAND Warsaw is the capital city of Poland. In the European Union‚ it is the ninth most highly populated capital city and one of the best places to live in the world. Warsaw is one of the alpha-global cities and a major political and economic hub in Europe. The city is home to a people from different countries‚ which gives it a diverse cultural ambience. The economy of the city is largely dependent upon fast moving consumer goods manufacturing‚ steel‚ electronics‚ metal processing and food processing
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