GEOG 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Saskia Sassen, Central Place Theory, Outer London
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All of these cities would feed into each other. All places are connected to one and another. Saskia sassen a place where the world of globalization gets done. One goes to internationalization and corporisation are they reasons they emerged. Firms have become larger requiring increasingly specialized information. That information is provided by producer services e,g advertisers, lawyers, architects. The larger the city the more information available for corporate decision making. Driven by cheap labor improvements in communication/ transportation technology but how to track of it all world cities. Gentrification (professional classes taking over residential districts formerly occupied by working class) Social polarization (urban underclass)-increase in divergence of income, wealth. 13 million population largest metropolitan area in europe greater london gdp 310 pounds b ranked 5th in world. Central of london- historical and now main financial centre of london. Central london-commercial, government and old industrial heart of london.
