1. Managing World Cities World Cities: Asian Perspectives Dr. Takashi Tsukamoto University of North Carolina at Greensboro Hong Kong October 23-25, 2008

2. Urbanization by World Regions Source: the 2007 Revision, UN World Urbanization Prospects

3. World City-Regions 1975-1995 Source: the 2007 Revision, UN World Urbanization Prospects

4. World City-Regions 2005-2025 Source: the 2007 Revision, UN World Urbanization Prospects

5. Mega-Urban Regions: Population Size to the Nation Source: Douglass (2000)

6. Proportions to the Nation: Population and GDP (1996) Data source: Japan Development bank 1996, adopted from Lo & Marcotullio, 2000

7. Slum Populations in Pacific Asia *Estimate Source: UN-HABITAT 2005

8. Slum Populations of Pacific Asia Countries Source: UN-HABITAT 2005

9. The Hierarchy of World Cities

10. Inventory of World Cities A. ALPHA WORLD CITIES (full service world cities) London, New York, Paris, Tokyo LondonNew YorkParisTokyo Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Milan, Singapore ChicagoFrankfurtHong KongLos AngelesMilanSingapore B. BETA WORLD CITIES (major world cities) San Francisco, Sydney, Toronto, Zurich San FranciscoSydneyTorontoZurich Brussels, Madrid, Mexico City, Sao Paulo BrusselsMadridMexico CitySao Paulo Moscow, Seoul MoscowSeoul C. GAMMA WORLD CITIES (minor world cities) Amsterdam, Boston, Caracas, Dallas, Düsseldorf, Geneva, Houston, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Melbourne, Osaka, Prague, Santiago, Taipei, Washington AmsterdamBostonCaracasDallasDüsseldorfGeneva HoustonJakartaJohannesburgMelbourneOsakaPrague SantiagoTaipeiWashington Source: Beaverstock et al 2000

11. Leading World Cities by Site and Situation Site (economic weight) Situation (networking) Total London14 28 New York13 26 Paris7714 Hong Kong6511 Tokyo6410 Washington DC538 Los Angeles257 Singapore437 Source: Taylor (2005)

12. 1 2 34 5 6 78 9 10 Worldwide Centers of Commerce Index by MasterCard (2008)

13. Growth of Tokyo-Capital Region Data source: Statistics Bureau (Japan)