Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
Düsseldorf
Hamburg
Copenhagen
Amsterdam
60
°
60
°
Stockholm
Moscow
Berlin
Brussels
London
Warsaw
Prague
Paris
Munich
Geneva
Budapest
Barcelona
Frankfurt
Beijing
40
°
40
°
Seoul
Madrid
Milan
Istanbul
Tokyo
Rome
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Osaka
Zurich
Shanghai
PACIFIC
Taipei
Hong Kong
Tropic of Cancer
20
°
Manila
Bangkok
OCEAN
Kuala Lumpur
INDIAN
Singapore
Equator
0
°
OCEAN
Jakarta
ATLANTIC
20
°
20
°
20
°
20
°
20
°
Tropic of Capricorn
Johannesburg
OCEAN
Sydney
Melbourne
40
°
40
°
40
°
0
°
20
°
40
°
60
°
100
°
120
°
140
°
160
°
60
°
60
°
60
°
60
°
SOUTHERN
OCEAN
Antarctic Circle
formerly vibrant area of the city. After reunifi cation,
the city divided Potsdamer Platz and sold the land. The
two largest owners are the German company Daimler-
Benz and the Japanese company Sony. Sony built a
huge entertainment structure called the Sony Center
for cross promotion. According to Roost, much of
the Daimler-Benz structure, Daimler City, is a space of
consumption, with entertainment venues, restaurants,
bars, and hotels.
Although the tourist will be focused on the theme park
atmosphere of these spaces of consumption, the renova-
tions of the districts in both of these cities have also brought
spaces of media production to the cities. Sony has placed its
European headquarters in Berlin, Warner Brothers moved
its offi ces to Times Square, and new offi ce towers around
Times Square house many other media companies.
Thinking through the challenges to the state presented in
Chapter 8, predict whether and under what circumstances
world cities could replace states as the basic and most pow-
erful form of political organization in the world.