Global Cities of the East: a conceptual and empirical analysis of foreign studies

Abstract

The article is aimed at defining the findings and concepts of the researchers of
the Eastern global cities and highlighting the features of "East Asian" global cities.
For the most of the twentieth century, this area was one of the least urbanized areas in the
world, but now cities are growing rapidly and becoming important centers in the regional
and global urban hierarchy. The researchers of the Eastern countries identified 16 major
megacities claiming the title of world cities, namely Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Beijing, Hong
Kong, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Seoul, Busan, Taipei, Singapore, Bangkok, Manila, Jakarta,
Kuala Lumpur, and Istanbul. Tokyo on this list, followed by Hong Kong, is included in
the "Global City", while Seoul and Taipei are included in the ranking of world cities as
national models of "recently industrialized countries". These and other issues related to
the global cities of the East are based on research and analysis by foreign and Russian
authors.