Best cities

The best cities in the world

Australian Melbourne is the country's second largest city. Due to the well-developed urban infrastructure, a high level of health care and the teaching staff of local educational organizations, this southern metropolis is confidently one of the best cities in the world to live. Melbourne often hosts world-class sporting events, for example, the first Grand Slam tournament of the year - the Australian Open, which has one of the largest prize pools.

The architecture of the city is very peculiar: Victorian buildings are adjacent to modern skyscrapers, and green parks are located very close to business centers. The main attractions of Melbourne are Carleton Gardens, the National Gallery, the Eureka skyscraper, Federation Square, and the old Melbourne prison.

The best city in the Pacific is Auckland, and also the capital of New Zealand. On a vast territory equal to 1 thousand square meters. km More than 30% of the population of this island nation, or just over 1.3 million people.

The nature here is amazing: there are a lot of greenery, transparent lakes and blue lagoons around. Auckland is also the country's main port, which has access to the Pacific Ocean. Residents of this city note a well-developed transport network, which allows you to easily get to any area of ​​the metropolis.

Austrian Vienna is rightfully considered the cultural capital of Europe. This unusually beautiful city has a rich 2-thousand-year history, fragments of which can be seen in many museums in Vienna. Tourists, who are always very numerous here, are eager to see Schönbrunn - the imperial palace of the Habsburg dynasty, the Vienna Opera, the greatest performers of the past and present shone in it, St. Stephen's Cathedral, built in the Gothic style. In modern Vienna, a quarter of the total number of Austrians, or about 2 million inhabitants.

Adelaide is another Australian city, recognized as very comfortable for living. This opinion is shared by over 1 million of its inhabitants. The city is beautiful, modern, friendly and smiling Australians live in it, and a lot of tourists who like to come here again and again. During their stay in the metropolis, they must visit the city's national parks, the South Australian Museum, as well as Tandania - the Institute of Aboriginal Culture.

Canadian Calgary is one of the three largest cities of the state. The nature here has worked wonderfully - everywhere there are green forests, parks, foothills and reservoirs. Therefore, this city in the province of Alberta was chosen as the place of residence by more than 1 million Canadians. Once, the Winter Olympic Games were held here, and now tourists are walking around the Olympic Park. Interesting places of Calgary are art gallery, museums, Calgary Tower, amusement parks.

Sydney is Australia's largest city with more than 4.5 million people. This is the most beautiful metropolis of the country, which hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 2000. Thanks to this main sporting event of the four-year anniversary, the whole world was able to admire the extraordinary beauty of the southern city. One of the symbols of the metropolis is the Sydney Opera House, reminiscent of a white sailboat. In addition to her, you must definitely see the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Sydney Tower, the Aquarium.

Vancouver is another Canadian city that has repeatedly won the rankings of cities recognized as the best for living. It is Canada's largest industrial center and is very attractive to immigrants. Tourists also have something to look at: Queen Elizabeth Botanical Park, Museum of Sciences, Tower Harbor Center.

It should be noted that there is no exact definition of this term. For example, according to the European Statistical Conference in Prague, a city is an agglomeration with a population of more than 5,000 people, where less than 25% of the population is engaged in agriculture.

 Among the main characteristics of best cities, collective and vertical housing (buildings), developed transport and communications infrastructure, and scarce land allocated for green spaces predominate.

High population density, a large number of cars and other vehicles, and a small number of green spaces mean that cities tend to present pollution levels that threaten health.

In large cities, there is usually a financial district known as the city in which the main financial institutions and the headquarters of large companies are located. These financial districts usually accept millions of people every day who come to work, and very few live there permanently.

 The metropolitan area of ​​Tokyo with a population of about 35 million people is considered the largest metropolis in the world. Other cities - Seoul (24,000,000), Mexico (22,000,000), New York (21,800,000), Bombay (21,100,000), Delhi (20,800,000) and São Paulo (20,300,000).

Hong Kong (China) The city is a special region on the territory of the People's Republic of China and is rightfully considered one of the most beautiful megacities in the world. Four of the tallest buildings in the world were built here, all of them located quite picturesque in the center, like "urban mountain peaks." The city is called a place where two main cultures intersect - East and West. In addition, Chinese national traditions are mixed here, as well as British customs, preserved from the time of colonization. 

7) Istanbul (Turkey) It is the cultural and financial capital of Turkey and at the same time the largest city in the country with a large energy reserve. Tourists are surprised and overwhelmed by the dynamism of the city, with its countless cafes, restaurants, panoramic rooftop venues, hotels and markets. It is crowded at any time of the day, suburban ferries, taxis and public transport are always crowded. The architecture adds dynamic beauty to this city, with many beautiful mosques, domes of churches and minarets. In each such “spiritual” place there are many pilgrims and tourists who admire the beauty of the ancient frescoes that were made during the Byzantine era. 

8) London (Great Britain) Here it is worth recalling the lines from the famous song “There is no place better than London”. This is a mega-city that was founded more than two thousand years ago by the Romans. There are lots of entertainment, cultural values ​​and attractions that tourists are invited to see. This city is home to many famous writers, directors and actors. As scenic views, you can see the surroundings of Buckingham Palace with its colorful royal guards and many other attractions. 

9) New York (USA) This is the financial capital of the United States has a second name - "Big Apple". This title reflects the mood of visitors and townspeople, vanity and architectural “collage”. It seems that the cultural heritage here is not located on the “ground”, but literally hovers in the air, in the mood of people, in their views and aspirations. Here a style of abstract expressionism, the hip-hop and jazz-modern movement arose, and the Harlem revival took place. This is a city of contrasts, a city of unusual beauty with a modern lifestyle. 

10) Paris (France) Paris is called the most romantic city in the world. Here are the most famous world attractions - the Eiffel Tower, the Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral, the Louvre Museum and others. Views of the city often become objects for filming a movie.

The subject of this study is the economy of the city or the economy of the municipal economy, i.e. we will consider the city’s economy as an integral part of the spatial economy, and also examine the role of market forces in the development of cities.

In the studied concept, obviously, there are two simpler concepts, namely: “city” and “economy”. It is clear that each individual urban economy directly depends on the location, soil and climate of a given city, on its historical development and social structure, i.e. from the economic and political significance of the city in the country, - in a word, from a number of conditions in which the city is placed, and from its inherent functions. Finally, the economic and political situation of the era has a decisive influence on the urban economy. Therefore, before starting the study of “the economy of the city and urban economy”, it is necessary to solve the general problem of the city, i.e. to analyze in a historical situation all the most important elements of his way of life and life, and above all, to find and formulate a scientific definition of the city, that is, to solve the "definitional" problem.

Already this first and important analysis, without which, in the right opinion of Comrade Rozhkov, “one cannot take a step”, encounters considerable difficulties, since the word “city” (urban settlement, population center, city, sometimes - ancient settlement, town, village) not one of the exact scientific terms. In different eras and in different countries, “Cities” were called phenomena with very different contents and with dissimilar essential features, as a result of which modern urbanists, i.e. city ​​researchers either refuse to resolve the corresponding “definitional problem” at all, or give the city a wide variety of definitions; in science, not a single universally accepted and generally accepted definition of a city has been established, in the real sense of the word.

Consider those of the definitions that exist in the scientific literature, which although they suffer from certain shortcomings, but contain more or less correct ideas. This analysis will allow us to enter into the essence of the problem of interest to us. The points of view with which various scholars approached the definition of a city can be divided into several groups or theories.