World Cities

World Metropolises

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These are large urban centres that integrate other smaller cities within their metropolitan areas.

New York

Tokyo

London

Megacities

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These are cities with more than 10 million inhabitants.They are economic, political and administrative centres that influence the rest of the world.

Tokyo

Shangai

Seoul

Megalopolises

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these are large-scale urban agglomerations formed by the metropolitan areas of several cities being joined by their transport

BosWash

Boston- Philadelphia-Baltimore-Washintong

Chipitts

Chicago-Detroit-Cleveland-Pittsburgh

Tokaido

Tokyo-Nagoya-Osaka-Yokohana-Kobe

Global cities

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Due to the globalisation, these cities have a global influence as regards certain activities, for example information technology.

Silicon Valley

Seattle

Rotterdam

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