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Global Cities 2010

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Foreign Policy Magazine aims to measure how much sway a city has over what happens beyond its own borders -- its influence on and integration with global markets, culture, and innovation. See the list of cities with a global reach in 2010.

New York City was ranked as the #1 Global City in 2010.

So what makes a Global City? Not size alone, that's for sure; many of the world's largest megalopolises, such as Karachi (60), Lagos (59), and Kolkata (63), barely make the list. To create this year's rankings, we analyzed 65 cities with more than 1 million people across every region of the globe, using definitive sources to tally everything from a city's business activity, human capital, and information exchange to its cultural experience and political engagement. Data ranged from how many Fortune Global 500 company headquarters were in a city to the size of its capital markets and the flow of goods through its airports and ports, as well as factors such as the number of embassies, think tanks, political organizations, and museums. Taken together, a city's performance on this slate of indicators tells us how worldly -- or provincial -- it really is.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/08/11/the_global_cities_index_2010

Rank	City	Rank by Pop.	Rank by GDP
1	New York	6	2
2	London	28	5
3	Tokyo	1	1
4	Paris	20	6
5	Hong Kong	31	14
6	Chicago	25	4
7	Los Angeles	12	3
8	Singapore	38	23
9	Sydney	43	24
10	Seoul	22	19
11	Brussels	54	48
12	San Francisco	46	16
13	Washington	42	10
14	Toronto	36	20
15	Beijing	13	33
16	Berlin	48	46
17	Madrid	34	22
18	Vienna	55	40
19	Boston	41	11
20	Frankfurt	64	20
20	Shanghai	7	21
22	Buenos Aires	11	12
23	Stockholm	59	52
24	Zurich	61	58
25	Moscow	19	13
26	Barcleona	37	31
27	Dubai	56	49
28	Rome	49	37
29	Amsterdam	63	60
30	Mexico City	5	8
31	Montreal	44	35
32	Geneva	65	61
33	Miami	58	54
33	Munich	35	18
35	Sao Paulo	3	9
36	Bangkok	32	42
37	Copenhagen	60	59
38	Houston	40	17
39	Taipei	53	26
40	Atlanta	39	15
41	Istanbul	21	30
42	Milan	52	39
43	Cairo	17	36
44	Dublin	62	55
45	New Delhi	2	32
46	Mumbai	4	25
47	Osaka	16	7
48	Kuala Lumpur	57	65
49	Rio de Janeiro	14	27
50	Tel Aviv	50	40
51	Manila	15	34
52	Johannesburg	45	43
53	Jakarta	24	47
54	Bogota	29	45
55	Caracas	51	62
56	Nairobi	47	64
57	Guangzhou	27	38
58	Bangalore	30	53
59	Lagos	18	63
60	Karachi	10	50
61	Ho Chi Minh City	33	56
62	Shenzhen	26	28
63	Kolkata	8	44
64	Dhaka	9	50
65	Chongqing	23	57

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Global Cities 2010

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