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"A MERGER THAT PUTS NEW YORK ON TOP": NEW YORK CITY AND THE US ECONOMY
New York’s history of being the nation’s economic capital may be coming to an end Leading threats according to Mike Clough are Southern California, The Bay Area and
Seattle Due to the digital revolution and the leading cities that are located in these 3 key
regions New York is now competing to be the nations leading city since it is not the leader of
the financial institutions it once was nor does it have the advantage of location due to the wide spread use of satellites and almost anything can be done from any certain position
Yahoo, Disney, and Amazon.com are only a few of the major leading names in the media industry today and they are all located in the west
Although there is tough competition for this century’s “capital” city, Clough believes that New York will win Experience the city has over envisioning a grand plan for the future of America’s
economy will help even as the West gains advantages over New York The AOL-Time Werner company will be based majorly out of New York which combines
two major media company’s, with little competition at the time
“WORLD CAPITALS OF THE FUTURE” –KOTKIN
T H E M E S Transformation:
Each rising city is creating it’s own way to receive recognition such as pinpointing their local resources and extracting them This leads to major industry
growth and dependability of other countries in need of the resource
Appearance of these cities are changing from their skylines to the design of buildings and streets The tallest buildings are now
found in emerging cities such as Shanghai
Modernization From the appearance to
commodities, rising cities are far more modernized to people’s desires Public systems like sanitation
and transportation are more reliable and efficient then say New York systems because of the modernization
Young are more attracted to the upgrade of these cities than the old Youth are prone to exploring the
new and taking part in the creation of something great and experiencing it for themselves
Shanghai
New York
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KAZAKHSTAN A
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ACE” Two cities on different ends of
the economic, ideological, and political scale with same grid lines may have more similarities than just the lay of the land
While in Kazakhstan’s indigenous people were forced to leave the land by European settlers, American settlers had already forced Indians off their land by threats and killing off their food supply
Karaganda was built as a “prison city” because convicts were the majority population with the grid patterns leaving wide open spaces for the land to be easily monitored
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Can you tell which city?
THE GREAT TRANSATLANTIC MIGRATIONS
Pulling motives for migration to America: Factory job opportunity Potential development on new territories Cheaper land
Means of transatlantic migration: Steam powered ships
Reduced time Increased number of passengers per crossing Reduced the risk of disease and therefore death while journeying
Railroads “Melting Pot” was possible in America because of diversity of immigrants’ birthplaces and the
capability of no major disputes. With the migration coming from so many different origins, there was no dominant race of
immigrants
Between 1880 and 1914, millions of immigrants crossed international borders, sometimes more than once, but after this time period of major migration, numbers slowed tremendously due to limiting laws of many countries, World War I, and the Great Depression.
Walter Nugent
New York Harbor
American Cities: Lack a defined center Are not beautifully
landscaped Most do no posses a
downtown with sidewalk cafes and window shoppers are not impressed
Focus more on the automobile and highways than public transportation and railways
Skyscrapers set apart cities from suburban areas
People believe cities are for business, trade, and wealth compared to European cities where attractive landscaping and unique shops draw people into their cities
Chicago: After the Civil War and the
new technologies that came from it, Chicago boomed and was the fastest growing city in western nation
American downtown principal look developed from that of Chicago’s downtown
In effort to enhance Chicago during the 1830’s, parks were created to cut urban overcrowding and provide a place of leisure and have the center away from office buildings
Although the plan was somewhat successful, due to the amount of congestion of the city, the surroundings were not as noticed as hoped
RYBCZYNSKI’S “THE CITY IN THE LAND OF THE DOLLAR”
FOREIGN POLICY: GLOBAL CITIES
New York, London, Tokyo and Paris continue to take the title of leading global cities
Although there are unexpected cities creeping up on the index of global cities, the same couple remain the leaders despite competition and according to New York Times, have quite the advantages over the other cities Market capitalization, tourism, and
exceptional companies
Criteria: How much dependence other countries have
on the global city Influence the city beyond their borders and
how much effect they have over cultures and the global market
Political organizations, power, institutions, capital flow
Not just based on size
2010 GLOBAL CITIES INDEX
City domination In this article, the argument that
the stance of a global city does not depend on size is contradicted “…megalopolises whose
populations are measured in the tens of millions, with jagged skylines that stretch as far as the eye can see.”
Although urbanization may be a new era, suburbs are not out of the picture and many people prefer them than living in the city
This article is not a good representation of global cities and their place in the future of our world
Problems need to be addressed Overcrowding, pollution,
conflict
FOREIGN POLICY: GLOBAL CITIES
FOREIGN POLICY: GLOBAL CITIES
M E G A C I T I E S Growth:
Asia has the potential to expand at a never before experienced rate China and India People that will add to the
growth are mostly migrants in China and for India the majority will be their own population
Problems: Energy difficulties may arise
due to the rapid number of buildings and residential areas needed for expansion
Costs of the whole projects will be an alarming amount and without proper management, it could be the downfall of completing these cities
The wealth gap between urban and suburban families will only increase with urbanization
With people relying more and more on cars as their main transportation, traffic and roads are not being fix fast enough which is only going to get worse