urban development, a large population, the presence of major multinational companies, a significant and globalized financial sector, a well-developed and...
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The Globalized City: Economic Restructing and Social Polarization in European Cities is a collection of discussions and case studies of large-scale urban...
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Bonifacio Global City (also known as BGC, Global City, or The Fort) is a central business district and major financial hub located in Taguig, Metro Manila...
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Clark Global City (formerly the Global Gateway Logistics City) is a planned mixed-use central business district development at the Clark Freeport Zone...
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The Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) is a think tank that studies the relationships between world cities in the context of globalization...
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half of the world population now lives in cities, which has had profound consequences for global sustainability. Present-day cities usually form the core...
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their global activities while it is the South that is disproportionately bearing the environmental burden of the globalized economy. Globalization is thus...
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to similar factors. The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) publishes an annual Global Liveability Ranking, which ranks 140 cities for their urban quality...
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The Global Liveability rank Ranking is a yearly assessment published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), ranking 172 global cities (previously 140)...
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Center – Global City is a hospital at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the sister facility of the hospital of the same...
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sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose...
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Swyngedouw and Arantxa Rodriguez. The Globalized City: Economic Restructuring and Social Polarization in European Cities. Oxford University Press, 2003,...
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Millionaire (redirect from List of cities by number of millionaires)
the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014. "Global cities with the most millionaires per capita". go.wealthx.com. "Mapped: Where Do the Wealthiest...
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London (redirect from Capital city of the United Kingdom)
is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 8,866,180 in 2022. The wider metropolitan area is the largest...
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Vilnius (redirect from Vilnius City Municipality)
English as Vilna, is the capital of and largest city in Lithuania and the second-most-populous city in the Baltic states. The city's estimated July 2024...
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primate city is a city that is the largest in its country, province, state, or region, and disproportionately larger than any others in the urban hierarchy...
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Valencia (redirect from Valencia City)
European cities by the end of the century. Already harmed by the emergence of the Atlantic World trade in detriment to Mediterranean trade in global trade...
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Global City Square (Chinese: 环球都会广场; pinyin: huánqíu dūhuì guǎngchǎng), also known as International Metropolitan Plaza (simply known as IMP), is a skyscraper...
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Damascus (redirect from City of Jasmin)
recaptured the entire city. As of September 2019[update], eight years into the war, Damascus was named the least livable city out of 140 global cities in the Global...
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The Global Cities Dialogue on Information Society (GCD), is a non-profit international association of Mayors and High Political Representatives (HPRs)...
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Taguig (redirect from Tagig City)
The city is widely known for Bonifacio Global City, one of the leading financial centers of the Philippines. Originally a fishing village during the Spanish...
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Houston (redirect from The City of Houston)
HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of...
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Bogotá (redirect from City of Bogotá)
ranks 52nd on the Global Cities Index 2014, and is considered a global city type "Alpha-" by GaWC. The name of Bogotá corresponds to the Spanish pronunciation...
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São Paulo (redirect from Sao Paulo (city))
Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, the Americas and is the capital of the state of São Paulo. Listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research...
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Antwerp (redirect from Anvers (city))
the top 20 globally. The city is also known as the hub of the world's diamond trade. In 2020, the Globalization and World Cities Research Network rated...
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Orlando, Florida (redirect from City of Orlando)
or-LAN-doh) is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States. Part of Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan...
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Dublin (redirect from Dublin City, Ireland)
became the capital of the Irish Free State, renamed Ireland in 1937. As of 2018[update], the city was listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research...
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Dhaka (redirect from City of Mosques)
known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. It is the ninth-largest and seventh-most densely populated city in the world with a density...
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Manila (redirect from The City of Our Affections)
409, "The Revised Charter of the City of Manila", on June 18, 1949. Manila is considered to be part of the world's original set of global cities because...
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Warsaw (redirect from The capital city of Warsaw (1919-1939))
as an alpha global city, a major cultural, political and economic hub, and the country's seat of government. It is also the capital of the Masovian Voivodeship...
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