Managing World Cities World Cities: Asian Perspectives Dr. Takashi Tsukamoto University of North Carolina at Greensboro Hong Kong October 23-25, 2008
Dec 31, 2015
Managing World Cities
World Cities: Asian Perspectives
Dr. Takashi TsukamotoUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro
Hong KongOctober 23-25, 2008
Urbanization by World Regions
Source: the 2007 Revision, UN World Urbanization Prospects
World City-Regions 1975-1995
Source: the 2007 Revision, UN World Urbanization Prospects
World City-Regions 2005-2025
Source: the 2007 Revision, UN World Urbanization Prospects
Mega-Urban Regions: Population Size to the Nation
Source: Douglass (2000)
The Hierarchy of World Cities
Inventory of World Cities A. ALPHA WORLD CITIES (full service world cities)• London, New York, Paris, Tokyo• Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Milan, Singapore
B. BETA WORLD CITIES (major world cities)• San Francisco, Sydney, Toronto, Zurich• Brussels, Madrid, Mexico City, Sao Paulo• Moscow, Seoul
C. GAMMA WORLD CITIES (minor world cities)• Amsterdam, Boston, Caracas, Dallas, Düsseldorf, Geneva,
Houston, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Melbourne, Osaka, Prague, Santiago, Taipei, Washington
Source: Beaverstock et al 2000
Leading World Cities by Site and Situation
Site (economic weight)
Situation (networking)
Total
London 14 14 28New York 13 13 26Paris 7 7 14Hong Kong 6 5 11Tokyo 6 4 10Washington DC 5 3 8Los Angeles 2 5 7Singapore 4 3 7
Source: Taylor (2005)
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Worldwide Centers of Commerce Index by MasterCard (2008)
Growth of Tokyo-Capital Region
Data source: Statistics Bureau (Japan)
Proportions to the Nation: Population and GDP (1996)
Data source: Japan Development bank 1996, adopted from Lo & Marcotullio, 2000
Slum Populations in Pacific Asia
*EstimateSource: UN-HABITAT 2005
Slum Populations of Pacific Asia Countries
Source: UN-HABITAT 2005