World cities

Question 1

In which year did the worlds urban population pass 50%

Answer 1

2010

Question 2

World Health Organisation estimates in 2030 how many people will live in a city

Answer 2

6/10

Question 3

What is a millionaire city

Answer 3

A city with a population over 1 million

Question 4

What is a mega city

Answer 4

A city with a population over 10 million

Question 5

What is a world city

Answer 5

A city that exerts a dominate influence in finance/economics, culture or politics.
It’s world city status is dependent from population

Question 6

Briefly describe the pattern or world citifies and how they have changed

Answer 6

in 1990s worlds mega cities found mainly in N.America and Europe
Now world’s biggest cities found in Asia

Question 7

How many millionaire cities and how have they changed over time

Answer 7

Number has grown rapidly. In 1900 only 12 millionaire cities in 2008 400 had over 1 million

Question 8

In 2008 how many cities were classed as a mega city

Answer 8

19

Question 9

Why are cities in Asia in particularly becoming some of the world’s biggest cities

Answer 9

Rural to urban migration
Rapid natural increase
Rapid economic development in Asia will result in manufacturing moving to low wage economy
Urbanisation in N.American and Europe peaked in 1970s and has remained constant or is decreasing

Question 10

By 2025 it is estimated how many will live in urban areas

Answer 10

80% of people in developing countries

Question 11

What does a city need to become a world city

Answer 11

great influence because of financial status and world wide commercial power, often home to TNC’s, centres of world finance and provide international consumer services

Question 12

What must a world city be to be classed as a world city

Answer 12

1) Must be a resource centre
2) Must be a learning centre
3) Must be centres of spatial proximity

Question 13

what does it mean by resource centre

Answer 13

Companies must be able to access knowledge
both codified: Carried and spread by internet world wide
and tacit knowledge: leading experts to provide discussion and advice and knowledge

Question 14

What does it mean by learning centre

Answer 14

Companies must be able to learn to grow and develop so need to be connected to educational institutions, policy makers and research bases, to allow them to be at the forefront

Question 15

what does spatial proximity include

Answer 15

A place where tactic knowledge is such as CBD, science parks, major educational establishments, where contact can take place to encourage growth and development

Question 16

How are world cities characterised

Answer 16

Send low-value activity to other countries e.g. manual labour and manufacturing
High levels of synergy and good economic structures
Wide range of jobs
polarised work force which leads to spatial differentiation in distribution of the population resulting in different types of residential areas in the city