World Cities are products of the process of globalisation, the shrinking of time and space. These urban agglomerations have outstripped their national significance and act as nodes within the connected of global cities.
According to UNESCO the globalisation process is driven economically by international financial flows and trade, technologically by information technology and mass media entertainment, and very significantly, also by very human means such as cultural exchanges, migration and international tourism.
See more on the GaWC‘s rating system based upon the amount of the city’s number of connections by following the link.
According to the GaWC, there are three rankings with relevant sub-rankings of world cities:
- Alpha
- Beta
- Gamma
In terms of primacy, London and New York rank highest. These cities are culturally and economically dominant.
World Cities are classified based upon their function as opposed to Mega Cities, which are cities of 10 million or more residents.
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