GEO 609 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Parliamentary System, Proportional Representation, Human Capital
20 Apr 2017
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A co-dependent relationship; the growth of world city systems and the death of distance?] World cities must have a population of 5 million (threshold) or more in order to be supported locally and regionally, but to pull people outside of the world city region (internationally) into the city. Looked at in the urban agglomeration; not the political view. The reach and influence into the gta for toronto to be as a political entity. We have 2. 6 million people but gta is 6. 5 million people or more. Immigrant receiving centres are world city"s duties in a way. Business activities: global in nature (international ties and connections, toronto stock exchange (tsx) for resource commodities. Human capital: levels in population, and education, college and universities in the region, what"s the status of people (graduate, undergraduate etc. , top end managers. Information exchange: how much information flows are going back and forth, technological expertise.
