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Managing World Cities World Cities: Asian Perspectives

Explore urbanization trends based on UN reports and regional perspectives at the 2008 Hong Kong conference. Learn about Alpha, Beta, Gamma World Cities and their significance in global commerce. Discover the growth of Tokyo-Capital Region and insights on managing slum populations in Pacific Asia.

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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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