Influential networks boost global impact, and having a giant head start - as New York does in market capitalization, Tokyo in Fortune Global 500 companies, and London in international travelers - will only amplify those advantages in the future. New York, London, Tokyo, and Paris are the top four, as they were in the first Global Cities Index two years ago, and they are ahead in most of the criteria that make a truly global city. And there’s no question which way the momentum is headed: Just as more people will continue to migrate from farms to cities, more global clout will move from West to East.Īnd yet, even as we see the dramatic effects of globalization at work in the rise of up-and-coming cities like Bangalore, Sao Paulo, and Shanghai, what’s also remarkable is just how dominant the great capitals of old-school commerce remain. Only two, London and Paris, are European. Three - New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles - are American cities. In 2010, five of the world’s 10 most global cities are in Asia and the Pacific: Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, and Seoul. Kearney, and The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, reveals a snapshot of this pivotal moment. The 2010 Global Cities Index, a collaboration between Foreign Policy, management consulting firm A.T. Half the world’s population is now urban - and half the world’s most global cities are Asian.
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