global cities

Noun

global city (plural global cities)

1. (urban studies) A city that serves as a primary node in the global economic network; a metropolis.
   • Today's global cities have been empowered and transformed by the construction of a market economy at a global scale. In this sense, I would argue, the global city must be seen as primarily a political phenomenon.2016, Simon Curtis, Global Cities and Global Order, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4