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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_city
The first attempt to define, categorize, and rank global cities using 'relational data' was made in 1998 by Jon Beaverstock, Richard G Smith and Peter Taylor, who all worked at that time at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom. Together they established the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. A roster of world cities was outlined in the GaWC Research Bulletin 5 and ranked cities based on their connectivity through four "advanced producer services": accountancy, advertising, banking/finance, and law.[5] The GaWC inventory identifies three levels of global cities and several sub-ranks. This roster generally denotes cities in which there are offices of certain multinational corporations providing financial and consulting services rather than denoting other cultural, political, and economic centres.
The 2004 rankings acknowledged several new indicators while continuing to rank city economics more heavily than political or cultural factors. The 2008 roster, similar to the 1998 version, is sorted into categories of "Alpha" world cities (with four sub-categories), "Beta" world cities (three sub-categories), "Gamma" world cities (three sub-categories), and additional cities with "High sufficiency" or "Sufficiency" world city presence.
The 2010 roster of leading Alpha, Beta and Gamma world cities is as follows:
Counting only the Muslim countries on this list only the list will be the following:
1.) Dubai (United Emirates)
2.) Istanbul (Turkey)
3.) Jakarta (Indonesia)
4.) Cairo (Egypt)
5.) Karachi (Pakistan)
6.) Beirut (Lebanon)
7.) Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
8.) Abu Dhabi (United Emirates)
9.) Casablanca (Morocco)
10.) Lagos (Nigeria)
11.) Manama (Bahrain)
12.) Amman (Jordan)
13.) Doha (Qatar)
14.) Lahore (Pakistan)
15.) Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)
16.) Kuwait City (Kuwait)
17.) Tunis (Tunisia)
18.) Almaty (Kazakhstan)
19.) Islamabad (Pakistan)
20.) Muscat (Oman)
I'm quite surprised that Ankara didn't make the top 19. This list hasn't been updated since 2010 though.
The first attempt to define, categorize, and rank global cities using 'relational data' was made in 1998 by Jon Beaverstock, Richard G Smith and Peter Taylor, who all worked at that time at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom. Together they established the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. A roster of world cities was outlined in the GaWC Research Bulletin 5 and ranked cities based on their connectivity through four "advanced producer services": accountancy, advertising, banking/finance, and law.[5] The GaWC inventory identifies three levels of global cities and several sub-ranks. This roster generally denotes cities in which there are offices of certain multinational corporations providing financial and consulting services rather than denoting other cultural, political, and economic centres.
The 2004 rankings acknowledged several new indicators while continuing to rank city economics more heavily than political or cultural factors. The 2008 roster, similar to the 1998 version, is sorted into categories of "Alpha" world cities (with four sub-categories), "Beta" world cities (three sub-categories), "Gamma" world cities (three sub-categories), and additional cities with "High sufficiency" or "Sufficiency" world city presence.
The 2010 roster of leading Alpha, Beta and Gamma world cities is as follows:
Counting only the Muslim countries on this list only the list will be the following:
1.) Dubai (United Emirates)
2.) Istanbul (Turkey)
3.) Jakarta (Indonesia)
4.) Cairo (Egypt)
5.) Karachi (Pakistan)
6.) Beirut (Lebanon)
7.) Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
8.) Abu Dhabi (United Emirates)
9.) Casablanca (Morocco)
10.) Lagos (Nigeria)
11.) Manama (Bahrain)
12.) Amman (Jordan)
13.) Doha (Qatar)
14.) Lahore (Pakistan)
15.) Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)
16.) Kuwait City (Kuwait)
17.) Tunis (Tunisia)
18.) Almaty (Kazakhstan)
19.) Islamabad (Pakistan)
20.) Muscat (Oman)
I'm quite surprised that Ankara didn't make the top 19. This list hasn't been updated since 2010 though.
