Most globalised cities
More than half of the worlds population now lives in the cities . More people will live in them in future.
Foreign Policy publishes a list of the most global cities. For the 2010 ranking, Kuala Lumpur is on the list, ranked No. 48. It confirms that we are indeed in the middle income trap. Not a bad ranking, but not in the top either. A position sports people will term it as also-run.
The criteria used is not size alone. The publisher suys this regading the criteria used:
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So what makes a Global City? Not size alone, thats for sure; many of the worlds largest megalopolises, such as Karachi (60), Lagos (59), and Kolkata (63), barely make the list. Instead, the index aims to measure how much sway a city has over what happens beyond its own borders its influence on and integration with global markets, culture, and innovation. To create this years rankings, we analyzed 65 cities with more than 1 million people across every region of the globe, using definitive sources to tally everything from a citys business activity, human capital, and information exchange to its cultural experience and political engagement. Data ranged from how many Fortune Global 500 company headquarters were in a city to the size of its capital markets and the flow of goods through its airports and ports, as well as factors such as the number of embassies, think tanks, political organizations, and museums. Taken together, a citys performance on this slate of indicators tells us how worldly or provincial it really is.
The seats of traditional political power arent necessarily the most global. Only four of the top 10 cities are national capitals. Washington comes in at No. 13. Beijing (15) edges out Berlin (16), which trounces Moscow (25). Two of the top 10 global cities are laws unto themselves, operating outside the jurisdiction of a separate national government (Hong Kong and Singapore). The sun set a half-century ago on the British Empire, and yet London continues to shine at No. 2. For now.
! Just a s ideline. I am fortunate that even though I am not rich, I have been to the top five cities listed, and 13 out of the top 15 ( I have not been to Chicago and Sidney). Not through any sponsored trips, all from my own travels Mind you.. No one would sponsor a free trip for someone who is attacking the policies of the government to be audited twice ( my clinic) in 2 months is considered good treatment already; they could have given me worse troubles. To think of it, I think I have lived a fairly good life, as a small man in the street who earns a decent living through my skill. But I do not gamble, do not smoke, drink occasionally on social functions, and every penny is saved and used for the family. Much more fortunate than a lot of people, and I do donate to charity. So I need to pay back to society to at least speak out for the small people; that is the answer i give to my wife when she sometimes asks me not to risk myself in speaking out.
RankCityRank by PopulationRank by GDP1New York622London2853Tokyo114Paris2065Hong Kong31146Chicago2547Los Angeles1238Singapore38239Sydney432410Seoul221911Brussels544812San Francisco461613Washington421014Toronto362015Beijing133316Berlin484617Madrid342218Vienna554019Boston411120Frankfurt642020Shanghai72122Buenos Aires111223Stockholm595224Zurich615825Moscow191326Barcleona373127Dubai564928Rome493729Amsterdam636030Mexico City5831Montreal443532Geneva656133Miami585433Munich351835Sao Paulo3936Bangkok324237Copenhagen605938Houston401739Taipei532640Atlanta391541Istanbul213042Milan523943Cairo173644Dublin625545New Delhi23246Mumbai42547Osaka16748Kuala Lumpur576549Rio de Janeiro142750Tel Aviv504051Manila153452Johannesburg454353Jakarta244754Bogota294555Caracas516256Nairobi476457Guangzhou273858Bangalore305359Lagos186360Karachi105061Ho Chi Minh City335662Shenzhen262863Kolkata84464Dhaka95065Chongqing2357See What Pakatan Rakyat Gotta Say?
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