A global city is a city having a strategic position in diverse domains, mainly economic, political and cultural at the world level and establishing a dynamic node of communications. Global cities as London, the second world city after New York, and Shangai, the fifth, are the leaders in the world as well as on the international market. To sum up, according to the definition of the Saskia Sassen, a global city is "one that tangibly influences global affairs in terms of politics, culture, and various socio-economic means." This year we studied spaces and exchanges, that is why it is interesting to ask us how global cities, as geographical spaces, can have an impact on the people and exchanges.
First of all, I will look at the impact of global cities on people everyday lives, before to mention the diversity and exchanges, and then, the future of global cities.
The global cities have real impacts positive as well as negative on the population in everyday lives.
At first, the positive aspects of a global city are obvious. The inhabitants have access to numerous services. Indeed, the strong economic development that knows the global cities, which are leaders in the economic world, allow these cities to invest in diverse infrastructures. Equally, the access to culture is another major positive aspect of the global cities, which propose a quality education on account of their world-class universities.
[...] The global cities have real impacts positive as well as negative on the population in everyday lives. At first, the positive aspects of a global city are obvious. The inhabitants have access to numerous services. Indeed, the strong economic development that knows the global cities, which are leaders in the economic world, allow these cities to invest in diverse infrastructures. Equally, the access to culture is another major positive aspect of the global cities, which propose a quality education on account of their world-class universities. [...]
[...] There is also too many negative counterparts; For instance, it is forbidden to smoke, to give to eat to the pigeons and even louder, to chew a chewing gum. To conclude, global cities, like London or Singapore, have a real impact on people and on exchanges. The impacts of these cities, marked by a dense and cosmopolitan population, can be as well positive as negative. The growth of global cities seems to continued in view of the future objectives of global cities. We can ask ourselves if global cities tend to become a sort of global village in which global cities are the communication's node. [...]
[...] The cultural and ethnic diversity became a wealth for global cities. Besides, the cosmopolitan dimension of global cities and the various exchanges, which come along, incite the population to the tolerance and to the open-mindedness there, as showed to us the former mayor of London. It seems that global cities will continue to have an impact mattering on people and exchanges. Finally, the current and future objective of the global cities is to reduce the negative aspects of the globalisation to improve the quality of life of its inhabitants. [...]
[...] The cultural diversity due to the multiethnic dimension of the global cities allows a real opening on the world. Indeed, thanks to a high level of human development, the global cities are a magnet for the foreigners who can, for example, be attracted by jobs opportunities. Indeed in Singapore, according to Yearbook of Statistics Singapore, the population tripled in the space of 60 years, passing from 1,022 thousand to 3,524 thousand, mainly thanks to the immigration. Therefore, we can say that the cultural development go together with the development of urban spaces. [...]
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