CityLife: Classification of cities.

City Life

For my living in the city is interesting but also stressful, have their advantages and disadvantages. The advantages or more interesting reasons for me is entertainment extra, you can go to distract you to many places, convenience is also one of the reasons for my personally it is important, you know new people, and the last reason is the variety of work. The disadvantages and the most important for me is the pollution, traffic and transportation. Life in the big city is face-paced, fun and exciting. There are countless job opportunities and activities to occupy your time. However, with the good, also comes the bad. After living a big city for eight years, I experienced both the advantages and disadvantages of big city life. For me, towards the end, the disadvantages were out weighing the advantages.

City Life.

Classification of cities.

Posted in | a la/s viernes, febrero 28, 2014

Global metropolis: they more than ten million inhabitants, have very specialized roles, concentrated economic centres (headquarters of multinationals), financial (bags) and politicians worldwide. Its area of influence is global thanks to powerful infrastructure of transport and communications. Examples: New York, London or Tokyo.

Continental metropolises: population of several million inhabitants with rapid growth. They are concentrated important political or economic functions. Its area of influence covers part of a continent. Examples: Sao Paulo, Cairo or Moscow.

National metropolis: tend to exceed one million. They concentrate the main economic activities and the political power of a country. Its influence covers the national territory. Example: Seoul.

Regional metropolis: with hundreds of thousands of inhabitants, they perform specialized functions (universities, research centres, etc.), and its area of influence covers a wide area of a country. Example: Zaragoza.