GLOBALIZATION AND MOBILITY

Question 1

are central sites for advanced
services and facilities of telecommunication
which are necessary for the execution and the
management of global economic activities. In
those sites, corporate headquarters tend to
center, particularly companies that are operative
in more than one country (Sassen, 2005)

Answer 1

Global Cities

Question 2

globalization is spatial as it is based on
place

Answer 2

TRUE

Question 3

General Characteristics OF GLOBAL CITIES

Answer 3

International, first-name familiarity (i.e., “Paris, London)

Active influence and participation in international events and
world affairs (i.e., UN Headquarters in New York City)

A fairly large population

A major international airport (i.e., London Heathrow Airport)
that serves as an established hub for several international airlines

Question 4

ALPHA WORLD CITIES

Answer 4

12 points: London,
New York, Paris,
Tokyo

10 points: Chicago,
Frankfurt, Hong
Kong, Los Angeles,
Milan, Singapore

Question 5

BETA WORLD CITIES

Answer 5

9 points: San
Francisco, Sydney,
Toronto, Zurich

8 points: Brussels,
Madrid, Mexico
City, Sao Paulo

7 points: Moscow,
Seoul

Question 6

MINOR WORLD CITIES

Answer 6

6 points: Amsterdam, Boston,
Caracas, Dallas, Dusseldorf,
Geneva, Houston, Jakarta,
Johannesburg, Melbourne, Osaka,
Prague, Santiago, Taipei,
Washington

5 points: Bangkok, Beijing,
Montreal, Rome,
Stockholm, Warsaw

4 points: Atlanta, Barcelona,
Berlin, Budapest, Buenos Aires,
Copenhagen, Hamburg, Istanbul,
Kuala Lumpur, Manila

Question 7

Very large contribution: London and New York City

ii. Smaller contribution and with cultural bias: Los Angeles, Paris, and San Francisco

iii. Incipient global cities: Amsterdam, Boston, Chicago, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Toronto

Question 8

i. Economic: Hong Kong, Singapore, and Tokyo

ii. Political and social: Brussels, Geneva, Strasbourg, and Washington

Answer 8

In 1994, GaWC redefined and re-categorized the classifications as follows:

Question 9

The GaWC inventory identified three levels of world cities and several sun-ranks:

Answer 9

i. Cultural: Berlin, Copenhagen, Melbourne, Munich, Oslo, Rome, Stockholm,

ii. Political: Bangkok, Beijing, Vienna iii. Social: Manila, Nairobi, Ottawa

Question 10

Primarily economic global contributions: Frankfurt, Miami, Munich, Osaka, Singapore, Sydney, Zurich

ii. Primarily non-economic global contributions: Abidjan, Addis Ababa, Atlanta, Basle, Barcelona, Cairo, Denver, Harare, Lyon, Manila, Mexico City, Mumbai, New Delhi, Shanghai