![]() These conditions do not exist in Chinese cities. There was also real estate development, often spurred by wealthy individuals from South America, and the establishment in Miami of Latin American bases for firms from Europe and Asia. Why? One factor was the infrastructure of international trade that the Cubans in Miami developed. That’s not to say that newer-world cities cannot reinvent themselves as global cities. Like London and Istanbul, they already had enormous complexity and diversity. Many if not most of today’s global cities are Old World cities that reinvented themselves. ![]() The emerging megacities of Asia are not necessarily truly global, at least not in the way we currently understand the term. ![]() In determining whether a city can become global, size matters, of course - because it represents the possibility for diversity and complexity - but it is not the only important factor. Not all cities can become global cities, nor should they all want to (“ The Global Cities Index,” September/October 2010). ![]()
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