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United States |
Russia |
China |
Shanghai-Nanjing |
Boston-DC |
United Kingdom |
Turkey |
Moscow |
Pearl River Delta |
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Istanbul |
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Los Angeles- San Franciso |
London |
Moscow |
Japan |
London |
Rhine-Ruhr |
Tokyo-Osaka |
Los Angeles- San Franciso
Mexico City
Dallas-Ft . Worth
Mexico City
Mexico
Brazil
Boston-DC
Lagos- Benin City
Lagos- Benin City
Nigeria
Greater Istanbul
Tehran-Karaj Chongqing- Chengdu
Cairo
Greater Delhi
Egypt “ Abu-Dubai ”
Cairo Mumbai-Pune
Kinshasa
Nairobi
Kenya Nairobi
Mumbai - Pune
India
Jakarta
Bohani Rim Tokyo-Osaka
Shanghai - Nanjing
Pearl River Delta
Indonesia
Manila Philippines
Manila
São Paulo |
São Paulo |
Johannesburg |
Jakarta |
South Africa Johannesburg
Population Density : Number of People per 1km ²
GDP US $ 20 Trillion
2,500-175,000 501-2,500 101-500 51-100 26-50 6-25 1-5
GDP US $ 10 Trillion
GDP US $ 5 Trillion
GDP US $ 1 Trillion GDP US $ 100 Billion
The Shifting Focus of Economic Activity : Megacities
Cities have become the world ’ s dominant demographic and economic clusters . It is not population or territorial size that drives world-city status , but economic weight , proximity to zones of growth , political stability , and attractiveness for foreign capital . In other words , connectivity matters more than size . The smaller inner circles on this map represent the world ’ s burgeoning megacities . Each of these megacities serves as a global hub and represents a large percentage of national GDP , which is indicated by the larger circles .
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