The World is Spiky
http://creativeclass.com/rfcgdb/articles/other-2005-The%20World%20is%20Spiky.pdf
1). How does the author see globalization?
Richard Florida has positive views of globalization in that country such as London, New York, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco are strongly connected to one another even if they are far from each other. Globalization is effective if talented and creative people are able to combine ideas even if they are far from each other therefore, they tend to live closer to one another. Richard also talks about the backslash of globalization. For example the French voted no to suburban and rural headquarter. China and India are growing and developing in rural areas in which they are not suppose to and this create a problem when we see cluster of people in one area or “tribe”.
2). How does this relate to central place theory?
This article relates to the central place theory because of the clustering of the population in one area they often build connections with another area for business purposes. Trading and economic interactions are quite important especially for regional metropolis and national metropolis areas. The article states that there is a clustering of people in one specific area due to that “population density is of course a crude indicator of human and economic activity.” In map A we can clearly see the urban areas and see where most people lived.
3). For your foreign travel plans, locate your city within the hierarchy of central places. Provided examples of nearby places that would be lower or higher on the hierarchy.
Location: Beijing, China
Beijing is a national metropolis on the hierarchy of places due to its massive population and how much the city can offer when it comes to services and city size. Beijing is the second largest city by population. Beijing has 16 districts and a international airport. It is very developed and has a good economy. Beijing has a lot of historic sites, museums, and sightseeing places for tourism.
Nearby places for examples:
Small City: Ping Xiang: In Guangxi
It has a railway to Hanoi, Vietnam, 4 towns. It has about 100,000 people and is considered to be “country-level city.”
Regional city: Li Jiang, Yunnan
It has an airport and many transportations services to Kunming along with historical sites.
Regional metropolis: Hang Zhou
It has Jewish and Muslim communities, many districts and also a stabilized economy in textiles, agriculture and more.
Work Cited:
Found the information of examples on Wikipedia because it was difficult to find information about each of the location in China
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