Richest Cities in the World

By IntroBooks Team

Modern times are hard and competition seems to be in the
air. Even the most underdeveloped cities seem to be moving
ahead rapidly to catch up with the developed ones to earn
themselves a place in the prestigious top ten richest cities in
the world. Technology has developed fast and is spreading like
fire. Governments are spending on their nations so they can
harvest the available resources and catch up in the race of
being the best. Value of currencies rise and fall, economies
crumble and the ones that stand strong are the ones who take
the lead. The richest cities in the world for 2017 are also the
major contributors to their countries GDP.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IntroBooks
• Release date: Nov 27, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393157458

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Richest Cities

in the World

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Preface

Modern times are hard and competition seems to be in the air. Even the most underdeveloped cities seem to be moving ahead rapidly to catch up with the developed ones to earn themselves a place in the prestigious top ten richest cities in the world. Technology has developed fast and is spreading like fire. Governments are spending on their nations so they can harvest the available resources and catch up in the race of being the best. Value of currencies rise and fall, economies crumble and the ones that stand strong are the ones who take the lead. The richest cities in the world for 2017 are also the major contributors to their countries GDP.

Introduction

None of them were cities before. There has always been a small region which has later prospered into being a big city. Every city has history or war, natural calamities and politics buried deep within. It was only in some 2000 years back that cities seemed to have emerged and the Greeks and the Romans seem to have bought the bigger cities into existence. From ancient to present there are some cities which have always been important in some way and these are the ones which seem to be doing well in modern times too. There are some important things if noticed that fuel the growth of these cities which help them in becoming the richest countries of the world.

A growing city’s transportation is always well connected. Industrialization requires movement of raw materials and goods from one place to the other. The workers also need to go to their workplace for which there should be easy and cheap transportation available.

From natural resources to labour supply a city needs