Categories: Urban Places, Mega Cities, Urban Dynamics, World Cities

Operation of Global Networks- The Music Industry

The following link is an excellent and tangible way for studnets to appreciate how World Cities are interconnected via advance producer services. It utilises the Music Industry.The World According to iTunes: Creative Project Ecologies and the Global Ur… more »

Responses to Challenges- Lagos

Megacity Challenges- Jakarta

Megacity Article

You can download a print version of the article below. more »

Traffic Challenges megacities- Shanghai

Sewage Problems- Mexico City

Power problems Megacities- New Delhi

London as a World City Example-GaWC

Operation of Global Networks- Air Transport Networks

Just to get a sense of how interconnected some cities are compared to others, we can look at some large airlines and see what cities they directly connect to.On each interactive route map, hover over London and see how that city has a significant netwo… more »

UNEP Atlas of Our Changing Environments

For those of you studying Sydney, the satelite images are good for you to visulise the suburbanisation process of the Sydney Basin (Sydney Metropolitan Region)from 1975 to 2002.UNEP Atlas of Our Changing Environments more »

Friedman's World City Hypothesis

Thought this would be of interest for people to see what influenced the World City dot points in the syllabus. more »

Urban Renewal - Pyrmont Virtual Tour

Virtual tour of urban renewal in Pyrmont, NSW Australia more »