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- Docklands, London Bridge Quarter, the City
- A global city, but not only a megacity. It is a rich and influential city which makes decision in a lit of main fields.
- Renovating a district to attract upper class> poor people are driving away from city centers
- Settle in the Tames estuary > the range of harbours in Europe
- - life is too expensive for jobless ppl/ poor ppl- traffic jam- hiking > outdoor activities- local products- peaceful, quiet, healthy atmosphere - beautiful landscape/ scenaries - housing is cheaper
- - the window for action may be closing - democrats face odds of maintaining control of both the House and Senate in November'sbmidterms elections- stalled in the senate over its social spending programs
- - Job opportunities - lot of transports- museum, shipping malls- cosmopolitan place (restau, shopping,...)- schools/ universities- iconic places / big buildings - all services (hospital, justice,...)
- London is integrated to this network> the BBC and other TV broadcasters are world famous.
- NY = hurricane Sandy wreak havoc in 2012- low income workers without access to power - the goldman sachs headquarters was protected by its own sandbags and power from its generation
- Queen Mary university of London, King's college London
- British museum, Tate gallery, design museum, harrods store
- An attractive city For British ppl :tourist, Job opportunities, students > a cosmopolitan city : because of the former colonies > a major tourist center (in business, shopping,...)
- A high concentration of command functions in different fields
- A global city/ world city is a metropolis that concentrates political, economic, and cultural activities with different aspects : - concentration of financial, economic and political hubs that drive policies of globalisation - a global city is connected to all the networks in the world and has more than 8 million inhabitants.
- is down to a campagn of misinformation by fossil fuel interests
- - the extinction rebellion mass protests have met with broad support- youth activist Thunberg was greeted by senior politicians
- A lot of headquarters of multinational compagnies (ex : Shell)
- British Museum, Big Ben, Tate gallery, Covent garden
- - Heathrow (the busiest in EU)- Stansted and Luton (specialized in low cost)- London city airport (for business man)
- - industrialized nations = more responsible - low-income nations want finantial help - both to defend against future theats - to compensate for damages they can't avoid