1. Indicators of global city

2. ATTRIBUTES OF GLOBAL CITY
• ECONOMIC POWER
• ECONOMIC OPPURTUNITIES
• ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS
• CENTER OF AUTHORITY
• POLITICAL INFLUENCE
• CENTER OF HIGHER LEARNING AND
CULTURE

3. ECONOMIC POWER
• Determines which cities are global

4. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
• Make it attractive to talents across the world

5. ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS
• Criteria in market size, purchasing power of citizens, size
of the middle class and potential growth

6. CENTER OF AUTHORITY
• State power

7. POLITICAL INFLUENCE
• Powerful political hubs
exert influence on their
own countries as well on
international affairs
• Example: Jakarta,
Indonesia the main
headquarters of
Association of Southeast
Asian Nations (ASEAN)

8. CENTER OF HIGH LEARNING AND
CULTURE
• A city’s intellectual influence