world cities. top ten cities,1950 (estimated from various sources) city pop (in millions) lat long...
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World CitiesWorld Cities
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Top Ten Cities,1950 (estimated from various sources)City Pop (in millions) Lat Long
New York, USA 12.3 40 N 74 WLondon, UK 8.7 52 N 0Tokyo, Japan 6.9 35 N 135 EParis, France 5.4 49 N 2 EMoscow, USSR 5.4 56 N 37 EShanghai, China 5.3 31 N 121 EEssen (Ruhr), Germany 5.3 51 N 7 EBuenos Aires, Argentina 5.0 34 S 58 WChicago, USA 4.9 41 N 87 WCalcutta (Kolkata), India 4.4 22 N 88 E
Plot these cities to see where the world’s ten largest cities were located in 1950. Symbolize each
with a circle .
World Urban System
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Top Ten Cities, 2015 (estimated from various sources)City Pop (in millions) Lat Long
Tokyo, Japan 28.9 35 N 135 EMumbai (Bombay), India26.2 19 N 73 ELagos, Nigeria 24.6 6 N 3 ESão Paulo, Brazil 20.3 23 S 46 WDhaka, Bangladesh 19.5 23 N 90 EKarachi, Pakistan 19.4 25 N 69 EMexico City, Mexico 19.2 19 N 99 WShanghai, China 18.0 31 N 121 ENew York, USA 17.6 40 N 74 WKolkata (Calcutta), India17.3 22 N 88 E
Plot these cities on the world map to see where the ten world’s most populated cities will be in 2015.
Symbolize each with a square .
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Place an X on each city as it is named on the following 12 lists. Each list identifies the top 5 cities as ranked according to its provision of certain services (Taylor 2005).
As cities are named more than once, just keep adding more X’s.
Banking $London
New YorkTokyo
Hong KongSingapore
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Producer Services $London
New YorkHong Kong
ParisTokyo
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Management New YorkLondonParis
MadridStockholm
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Law London
New YorkFrankfurt
Hong KongWashington DC
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Insurance London
New YorkHong KongLos Angeles
Paris
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Advertising New YorkLondon
Hong KongTorontoSydney
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Media ♫London
New YorkParis
Los AngelesMilan
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Architecture/Engineering
LondonNew York
BeijingSingaporeShanghai
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United Nations Agencies
GenevaBrussels
Addis AbabaCairo
Bangkok
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National Diplomatic
Missions Washington DC
New YorkLondonTokyoParis
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Humanitarian & Environmental NGOs
NairobiBrusselsBangkokLondon
New Delhi
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Scientific Research London
Los AngelesSan Francisco
BostonBasel
GenevaNew York
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“World cities are not simply the world’s largest … cities. Rather, they are the control centers for the global economy, places where critical decision making and interaction take place with regard to global economic, cultural, and political issues” (Knox and Marston 2001, p. 426).
“WORLD CITIES”
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