Final

• Global city


  Cities that are cores of modernization and industries, depicting the financial, social, and political condition of the nation and its people
• Global city


  • Linkages restricting a city have a direct and distinct impact on global issues through more than just financial means, with influence regarding society or politics
• I am Jayden Smith
• I am here because I love to give presentations
• You can find me at @username
• Attributes of global cities

  • Politically engaged
  • Centers for networks
  • Driven by global visionaries
  • Value high quality of life
  • Open
• Home to several financial service providers and institutions, headquarters to large multinationals, dominate the trade and economy of their countries
• Centers of innovation, boast of well-developed infrastructure, large population of employed people and act as the centers of communication of global news
• Active influence and participation in international events and world affairs; for example, New York City is home to the united nations headquarters complex and consequently contains a vast majority of the permanent missions of the UN
• A fairly large population
• An advanced transportation system that includes several freeways in large mass transit network offering multiple modes of transportation
• They are magnets for the best and brightest from around the world, including their nations' young people
• They thrive on great universities--provide good schools for children, and solid education and skills development for the workers needed to support a city
• They have large foreign-born populations
• Immigrants are attracted to jobs in global cities and, once there, add new blood and verve to the urban vitality
• They are global taste-makers and cultural capitals; museums symphonies theaters restaurants sports and nightlife are a cause and effect of a global city
• They are destinations. Tourists share their impressions and experiences with others creating the buzz needed to track more visitors
• World's best-known global cities (top 10)

  • New York
  • Tokyo
  • London
  • Los Angeles
  • Singapore
  • Paris
  • Chicago
  • Boston
  • San Francisco
  • Toronto
• Travel goals na!