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Global Cities
Global cities…. Cities which play an important role in global finance and trade.
North Moscow
America London Frankfurt Asia
Europe
Chicago Toronto Paris
Madrid Milan
Los Angeles New York Beijing Tokyo
Dubai Shanghai
Tropic of Cancer
Mexico City Hong Kong
Mumbai
Africa
Equator Singapore
South
America
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Sao Paulo
Sydney
Oceania
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Global Cities
Global cities…. Cities which play an important role in global finance and trade.
Norway
Canada Iceland Sweden
Finland
USA
Canada
North
UK Moscow China
America London Frankfurt Asia
Chicago Toronto Rep. of Paris Europe Turkey
Afghanistan
USA New York Ireland
Madrid Milan
Austria; Belgium; Bangladesh
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Los Angeles Denmark; France; Shangha
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Dubai
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Mexico City Haiti
Faso
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Hong Kong
Netherlands;
Africa
Ethiopia Cambodia
Equator
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Uganda
Thailand
Kenya
India
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In the years of come, more and more people will experience globalization
through cities. In 1950, only 30 percent of the world lived in urban areas. By
2014, that number increased to 54 percent. And by 2050, it is expected to
reach 66 percent. This lessons studies globalization through the living
environment of a rapidly increasing number of people.
Defining Global Cities
SOFIA LYKA MERIOLES & XYERLA TORRALBA
The term “global city” was
popularized by
is a Dutch-American sociologist
noted for her analyses of
globalization and international human
migration