Lots of rankings of global cities recently. Here’s another interesting one – from Mastercard of all places. The academic advisory group is first-rate with Saskia Sassen and Peter Taylor among others.
1. London
2. New York
3. Tokyo
4. Singapore
5. Chicago
6. Hong Kong
7. Paris
8. Frankfurt
9. Seoul
10. Amsterdam
11. Madrid
12. Sydney
13. Toronto
14. Copenhagen
15. Zürich
16. Stockholm
17. LA
18. Philadelphia
19. Osaka
20. Milan
The full report is here. This squares reasonably well with my priors and, well, with our global mega-region (and metro-region) data. We’ll be looking more closely at that data but Paris, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney, Copenhagen, and Stockholm seem a bit too high, while Amsterdam, Seoul, and especially Osaka seem a bit lower than I would expect, based on the mega data that is.
Your thoughts on this?
June 17th, 2008 at 1:38 am
“Osaka seem a bit lower than I would expect, based on the mega data that is. ”
Agreed. The Kansai region (Greater Osaka) is I believe one of the top 10 cities in the world, population wise — and the place is all about industry and commerce.
June 17th, 2008 at 6:36 am
But global cities are about much more than industry and commerce.
June 17th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Philadelphia??
June 17th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
But Robert,
This survey isn’t focused on “global cities”; it’s focused on “global cities OF COMMERCE”. Read the report and see for yourself.
June 18th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Philadelphia gets overlooked all the time. That’s why I could afford to live there straight out of college.