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Managing World Cities World Cities: Asian Perspectives

Managing World Cities World Cities: Asian Perspectives. Dr. Takashi Tsukamoto University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Hong Kong October 23-25, 2008. Urbanization by World Regions. Source: the 2007 Revision, UN World Urbanization Prospects. World City-Regions 1975-1995.

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Managing World Cities World Cities: Asian Perspectives

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  1. Managing World CitiesWorld Cities: Asian Perspectives Dr. Takashi Tsukamoto University of North Carolina at Greensboro Hong Kong October 23-25, 2008

  2. Urbanization by World Regions Source: the 2007 Revision, UN World Urbanization Prospects

  3. World City-Regions 1975-1995 Source: the 2007 Revision, UN World Urbanization Prospects

  4. World City-Regions 2005-2025 Source: the 2007 Revision, UN World Urbanization Prospects

  5. Mega-Urban Regions: Population Size to the Nation Source: Douglass (2000)

  6. The Hierarchy of World Cities

  7. 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

  8. Leading World Cities by Site and Situation Source: Taylor (2005)

  9. Worldwide Centers of Commerce Index by MasterCard (2008) 1 7 8 10 2 5 3 4 6 9

  10. Growth of Tokyo-Capital Region Data source: Statistics Bureau (Japan)

  11. Proportions to the Nation: Population and GDP (1996) Data source: Japan Development bank 1996, adopted from Lo & Marcotullio, 2000

  12. Slum Populations in Pacific Asia *Estimate Source: UN-HABITAT 2005

  13. Slum Populations of Pacific Asia Countries Source: UN-HABITAT 2005

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