Sidney. New-York. London. Films. Global Power City Index 2011 - Global Sherpa. The Global Power City Index provides a ranking of the urban competitiveness of 35 world cities based on their international “magnetism.”
This desirable-yet-elusive trait is defined as a city’s “comprehensive power to attract creative people and excellent companies from around the world amidst accelerated interurban competition.” While New York, London, Paris and Tokyo top the latest version of the Global Power City Index by a healthy margin, other prominent Asian cities, such as Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore and Hong Kong, perform well in a number of specific areas. The performance of major European cities lags overall, but improves when viewed through the lens of a unique set of actor-specific city rankings for artists, residents and visitors. Major U.S. cities are particularly competitive in R&D and as a destination for researchers.
What Is a Global City? We hear a lot of talk these days about so-called “global cities.”
But what is a global city? Saskia Sassen literally wrote the book on global cities back in 2001 (though her global cities work dates back well over a decade prior to that book). She gave a definition that has long struck with me. In short form, in the age of globalization, the activities of production are scattered on a global basis. YouTube.