The Nature, Character and Spatial Distribution of World Cities

Categories of World Cities Dominant world cities: New York, Tokyo, London, Paris – command and control centres of the world economy. Major world city: e.g Singapore, Osaka Secondary world city: e.g. Sydney, Chicago, Rome Singapore

The Role of World Cities Command and control centres for organising the world economy Focuses on telecommunications technologies as well as infrastructure development Powerful centres of cultural diversity Sites of production for innovative new industries Focuses for the location of finance and specialised service firms e.g. law, accounting, which have replaced manufacturing as the dominant economic activity of such cities. Headquarters of major TNC’s

Answer questions 2,3,4,6 and 7 p123 Activity: q3, p123 P124 ‘Understanding the text’ question