The Establishment Of Global City Status Of New York And Its Characteristic Analysis

Since the1970s, under the background of globalization and international division oflabor, there was a new type of city model on a global scale, namely, global city. Global city isa node global economic agglomeration and dispersion. It is also a work site based on theinformation network and city network. Global city not only stimulates the regional economicdevelopment, but also affect global economic situation. New York is a primate city ofAmerica and world financial center. New York global city is most representative city in theworld. It will know well emergence and development process of global city and influencingfor world economy by global city that research for New York global city.This dissertation is composed of the introduction, four chapters of main body and theconclusion. Introduction comprised by the reason of choosing this topic, research objectives,innovations and shortcomings of this dissertation, and the overview of previous scholars. Theintroduction is composed of theoretical analysis, cause analysis, impact analysis and empiricalstudy etc.Chapter one explores the background of New York global city. The background of NewYork global city comprised by economical globalization, de-industrialization of America,formation of post industrial economy and information society of America.Chapter two investigates the cause and process of New York global city formation. Aftersecond word war, industrial structure have been changed in New York that economicalproportion of manufacturing industry gradually have been decreased and post industrialeconomy have been formed in the New York society.Chapter three analyses the characteristics of New York global city. New York is animmigrant city that global immigrant and ethnic diversity is an important feature of New Yorkglobal city. Ethnic diversity not only generated multi-culture, but also caused racialdiscrimination and ghettoization in New York global city. Furthermore, immigrant isresources for New York dual labor market.Chapter four through comparative method explores the formation cause, process andcharacteristic of New York global city, which analyses the difference between New Yorkglobal city and Tokyo global city, London, global city and Los Angeles global city.The section of conclusion makes a brief summary about the global city statusestablishment of New York and its characteristic analysis. Economic globalization andindustrial separation are primary cause of forming global city. Moreover, the agglomeration ofmultinational corporation and producer services is immediate cause of forming New Yorkglobal city. Consequently, the process of de-industrialization and formation of post industrialeconomy is also the process of the formation of New York global city. New York is not only aworld financial center, but also an important node of global city network. For this reason,New York global city can not be isolated existence. The global function of New York globalcity is a measure to New York global city in the global city network. Ethnic diversity iscrucial characteristic for New York global city that influence the social structure of New York.