Lecture 3 World Cities

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Lecture 3 World Cities


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http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/i-lego-ny/


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Besotted by e! "or#


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$Baghdad on the %udson&' Christmas ()e& *9+,


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Lo!er anhattan& ecember& *9+,


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utline

1he international contet o !orld city

ormation 4Bea)erstoc# et al . reading on

!orld-city net!or#s5 6nternal ma#e-up o !orld cities

Case study: e! "or# 4eil 7mith reading

on gentriication on "C8s Lo!er(astside5.


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6nternational contet

World cities are bound up !ith:

ro!ing corporatiation

6nternationaliation o production

7tephen %ymer ; !orld city prophet

$1he multinational corporation and the la! oune)en de)elopment' 4*9+*5


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ro!ing Corporatiation

i)ision bet!een production unction4brute labour/ra! materials5 and control

unction 4intellectual capital/#no!ledge5 )er 20th century irms ha)e become larger&

and control unction more important

6normation-rich cities 4the larger the city&the more inormation5 increasingly pi)otalor location o corporate control unctions.


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6nternationalisation o production Last 30 years& rapid and per)asi)e corporate

oreign direct in)estment 4=65:

ultinational Corporations 4C5 and

1ransnational Corporations 41C5

ri)en by:

Cheap labour

Changes in production technology

6mpro)ements in

communication/transportation technology


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%ead ice World City& eg.&

e! "or#

>egional

ices

ational city&

e.g.& 7ydney

=actories?ny!here in

the !orld& eg&


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A. ALPHA WORLD CITIES

*2: London&


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Di Relatively strong evidene

3: ?thens& ?uc#land& ublin& %elsin#i& Luembourg& Lyon& umbai&

e! elhi& io de Daneiro& 1el ?)i)& @ienna

Dii So!e evidene

2: ?bu habi& ?lmaty& Birmingham& Bogota& Bratisla)a& Brisbane&

Bucharest& Cairo& Cle)eland& Cologne& etroit& ubai& %o Chi inh

City& Aie)& Lima& Lisbon& anchester& onte)ideo& slo& >otterdam&

>iyadh& 7eattle& 7tuttgart& 1he %ague& @ancou)erDiii Mini!al evidene

*: ?delaide& ?nt!erp& ?rhus& Baltimore& Bangalore& Bologna& Brailia&

Calgary& Cape 1o!n& Colombo& Columbus& resden& (dinburgh&

enoa& lasgo!& othenburg& uanghou& %anoi& Aansas City& Leeds&Lille& arseille& >ichmond& 7t


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6nside the !orld city

Lie at the top: t)& mo)ies& and boo#s

1om Wole: rom hippies 4(lectric Aool ?id

?cid 1est ; Aen Aeesey and $1he merry

pran#sters'5 to yuppies 4Bonire o the

@anities ; 7herman cCoy& $aster o theHni)erse.'5


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6nside the !orld city

Corporate

anagers


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Case study: e! "or#

1he World8s capital. e! "or# region&

*,.3m population 43rd

largest in the !orld5.

J*.2, trillion metro

< 420*0K * in H75

3.+ million employed in

"CK EEM anhattan

Wall 7treet and then the !orld


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ecision-ma#ing citadel

anhatten ; N 90M ser)icesK EEM inOuaternary sector

Largest conglomeration o business ser)icesin !orld

Command and control centre or

H7/international business >ole as inancial centre strengthened since

*9+0


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ecision-ma#ing citadel

" terminus o

transatlantic ibre optic

cable trun#line: G30 bit/s

1elecommunications

centre ; teleport comple

on 7taten 6sland

@ast concentration o

oice space especially inlo!er anhattan 4200 m

sO t5 Lo!er anhattan

%i h l i d b d t ii ti il


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Bro!nstoning gentriication7o%o !arehouse con)ersion

%igh salaries and bonuses produce gentriication: eil

7mith8s study o 1om#ins 7Ouare e)anchist city'5K 7haron u#in8s study o Lot Li)ing in

7o%o 47outh o %ouston5


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?nd ho! the other hal li)es

eindustrialisation


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?ll that glitters is not gold

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