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Global city

A global city (also known as a power city, world city, alpha city, or world center) 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…

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Global city

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Avg. degree1.98
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Global city → Before, British, In, Liverpool, London, May, New York, Patrick Geddes, Saskia Sassen, Texas, The, The Global City, The Illustrated London News, Tokyo, University

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the World Bankinstance of000 assessments from an online questionnaire and over 100 indices from organisations0.80text
the Organisation for Economic Co-operationinstance of000 assessments from an online questionnaire and over 100 indices from organisations0.80text
Developmentinstance of000 assessments from an online questionnaire and over 100 indices from organisations0.80text
Global cityrelated to Origin and terminologyThe0.60section
Global cityrelated to Origin and terminologySaskia Sassen0.60section
Global cityrelated to Origin and terminologyThe Global City0.60section
Global cityrelated to Origin and terminologyNew York0.60section
Global cityrelated to Origin and terminologyLondon0.60section
Global cityrelated to Origin and terminologyTokyo0.60section
Global cityrelated to Origin and terminologyBefore0.60section
Global cityrelated to Origin and terminologyMay0.60section
Global cityrelated to Origin and terminologyLiverpool0.60section

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