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Megacity, Metacity, & Global City: Global City- World՚s Best-Known Global Cities, Classification of Global Cities, Global Cities in Developing World, Factors Responsible for Rise of Global Cities, Characteristics of Global Cities, Problems

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Global City

Global city (also called world city, alpha city, or world center) is a primary node in the global economic network. Saskia Sassen in 1991 popularized the term “global city” in her work, “The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo” . To be considered a global city, an urban center must prove that it enjoys a significant global advantage over other cities and serves as a hub within the world economic system.

World՚s Best-Known Global Cities

Initially, global cities were ranked based on their size. Recent rankings are however based on several ot…

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Edge City, Satellite Towns, & Multipolar City: Edge City- Characteristics of Edge City, Types of Edge Cities, Effect of Edge Cities, Lone Eagle Cities

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Edge City

Edge Cities

Edge city is an area with concentration of firms, entertainment, and shopping centers in a previously known rural or residential area. Researchers have called emerging forms of urbanization variously as edge cities (Garreau, 1991) , network cities (Batten, 1995) , or postmodern cities (Dear, 2000) .

An edge city is an American term popularized towards the end of the 20th Century. Edge city is also known as galactic city, mini-city, perimeter city, service city, suburban business district, mega-cent…

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