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A global city [a] is a city that serves as a primary node in the global economic network. The concept originates from geography and urban studies , based on the thesis that globalization has created a hierarchy of strategic geographic locations with varying degrees of influence over finance , trade , and culture worldwide.
The Chinese municipality of Chongqing, which is the largest city proper in the world by population, comprises a huge administrative area of 82,403 km 2, around the size of Austria. However, more than 70% of its 30-million population are agricultural workers living in a rural setting .
The results should be interpreted as indicating the importance of cities as nodes in the world city network (i.e. enabling corporate globalization). [8] The cities in the 2024 classification are as follows, listed in alphabetical order per section: [9] (1) or (1) indicates a city moved one category up or down since the 2022 classification. [10]
As of 2016, the world had 31 megacities -- cities with 10 million inhabitants or more -- and they are growing, in both size and number. According to the U.N., the world is expected to add 10 new ...
As outlined in U.N.-Habitat’s World Cities Report 2024, more than 2 billion urban residents are projected to experience significant temperature increases by 2040, with over a third of city ...
List of cities in the Pitcairn Islands - Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands (UK overseas territory) List of cities in Poland - Republic of Poland; List of cities in Portugal - Portuguese Republic; List of cities in Puerto Rico - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (US overseas commonwealth)
Urbanization over the past 500 years [13] A global map illustrating the first onset and spread of urban centres around the world, based on. [14]From the development of the earliest cities in Indus valley civilization, Mesopotamia and Egypt until the 18th century, an equilibrium existed between the vast majority of the population who were engaged in subsistence agriculture in a rural context ...
The Global Liveability Ranking is a yearly assessment published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), ranking 172 global cities (previously 140) for their urban quality of life based on assessments of stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.