Managing World Cities

World Cities: Asian Perspectives

Dr. Takashi TsukamotoUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro

Hong KongOctober 23-25, 2008

Urbanization by World Regions

Source: the 2007 Revision, UN World Urbanization Prospects

World City-Regions 1975-1995

Source: the 2007 Revision, UN World Urbanization Prospects

World City-Regions 2005-2025

Source: the 2007 Revision, UN World Urbanization Prospects

Mega-Urban Regions: Population Size to the Nation

Source: Douglass (2000)

The Hierarchy of World Cities

Inventory of World Cities A. ALPHA WORLD CITIES (full service world cities)• London, New York, Paris, Tokyo• Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Milan, Singapore

B. BETA WORLD CITIES (major world cities)• San Francisco, Sydney, Toronto, Zurich• Brussels, Madrid, Mexico City, Sao Paulo• Moscow, Seoul

C. GAMMA WORLD CITIES (minor world cities)• Amsterdam, Boston, Caracas, Dallas, Düsseldorf, Geneva,

Houston, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Melbourne, Osaka, Prague, Santiago, Taipei, Washington

Source: Beaverstock et al 2000

Leading World Cities by Site and Situation

Site (economic weight)

Situation (networking)

Total

London 14 14 28New York 13 13 26Paris 7 7 14Hong Kong 6 5 11Tokyo 6 4 10Washington DC 5 3 8Los Angeles 2 5 7Singapore 4 3 7

Source: Taylor (2005)

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Worldwide Centers of Commerce Index by MasterCard (2008)

Growth of Tokyo-Capital Region

Data source: Statistics Bureau (Japan)

Proportions to the Nation: Population and GDP (1996)

Data source: Japan Development bank 1996, adopted from Lo & Marcotullio, 2000

Slum Populations in Pacific Asia

*EstimateSource: UN-HABITAT 2005

Slum Populations of Pacific Asia Countries

Source: UN-HABITAT 2005