tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532313388110978122.post7651705944998459832..comments2023-10-28T00:47:18.069-07:00Comments on Weeks Population: Do You Live in a Global City?John Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04069566137451684355noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532313388110978122.post-31865629266605751402010-09-30T10:28:36.241-07:002010-09-30T10:28:36.241-07:00In my eyes, the concept of global cities is a very...In my eyes, the concept of global cities is a very interesting and the idea of building a ranking order of the most global cities is indeed appealing. Most of us want to know how “global” certain cities are and especially how important the city is one lives in.<br /><br />On the other hand, building rank orders with different variables is always a rather subjective choice. By choosing the variables for a global city (in the case of The Global City Index by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs these are business activity, human capital, information exchange, cultural experience, and political engagement) and weighting them in a special manner, the authors have the possibility to change the ranking order. If the authors for example want to push a tourist city, it might help to count the variable cultural experience more and devaluate the variable political engagement. Certain cities with political organizations would have a lower place in the ranking order while more tourist orientated cities would climb up the ranking order.<br /><br />To sum up, I think that the global city approach is interesting and helps us to distinguish cities from others. In addition, it shows the development of certain cities, like Sassen points out Miami. Because of the complexity of variables and their weighting, I think we shouldn’t put too much emphasis on the ranking order.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00508675748457615054noreply@blogger.com