ACTIVITY_THE GLOBAL CITY

An urban centre that enjoys significant competitive advantages and that serves as a hub within a globalized economic system

• Global City

• Nation

This means having a storehouse of smart, educated, and creative people.

• Human Capital

• Foreign-born Residents

This is the interaction between the city’s political structure and the rest of the world.

• Connectivity

• Political engagement

This includes public transit, the environment, safe streets, good health care, and efficient and honest local government.

• Quality of Life

• Human Capital

The arts and entertainment that give the city its soul

• Educational

• Cultural

No city is considered as a  global city unless it is economic powerhouse, dominant in finance, trade, manufacturing, or business services.

• TRUE

• FALSE

This is comprehensive power to attract people, capital, and enterprises from around the world.

• culture

• magnetism

All global cities are big cities.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Globalization is a significant production point of specialized financial and producer services that make the globalized economy run.

• TRUE

• FALSE

It should have a powerful business community with global connections.

• commercial

• civic