Global Cities Definitions

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Key terms

  • Global city
  • Mega-city
  • Urbanisation
  • Re-urbanisation
  • Rural to urban migration
  • Globalisation
  • High Income Country (HIC)
  • Low Income Country (LIC)
  • Newly Industrialised Country (NIC)
  • Multi-national company (MNC)

Definition

  • A city which interacts with other places at a global scale
  • A city with over 10 million residents
  • The physical and human growth of towns and cities
  • People moving back into inner urban areas from the suburbs or outside the urban area
  • Movement of people from the countryside to the city
  • Flows of people, ideas, money and goods which link people and places from different countries together
  • A country which had a gross national income per capita over US$ 12,735 in 2014
  • A country which had a gross national income per capita less than US$ 1,045 in 2014
  • A country where very rapid economic growth has taken place especially in manufacturing
  • A large business which has branches in several countries

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