Global city
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A global city, also called a power city, world city, alpha city or world center, is a city which is a primary node in the global economic network. The concept comes from geography and urban studies, and the idea that globalization is created and furthered in strategic geographic locales according to a hierarchy of importance to the operation of the global system of finance and trade.
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See also
- Ecumenopolis
- Financial centre
- Globalization
- List of cities by GDP
- Megalopolis (city type)
- Metropolis
- Primate city
- Ranally city rating system
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