Activity 3: Brussels in the world rankings
Brussels, the city of traffic jams?
Activity 3: Brussels in the world rankings
In the previous activity, you saw that Brussels is a city of global importance but atypical in comparison with other large European metropolises. The table below has been compiled from various European city rankings.
Read it carefully before doing the exercise, which involves completing the different sentences using the available words.
Ranking of the major European "world" cities according to several classifications
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Location of head offices of large companies |
Global economic standing |
Advanced service networks (banking, insurance, business services) |
Position in research and development |
Human capital, information, culture |
Political importance |
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World cities |
Paris London |
Paris London |
London Paris |
Paris London |
London Paris |
Brussels Paris London |
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Major cities |
The Hague Munich Moscow Madrid Rome Amsterdam Cologne Dusseldorf Stuttgart Frankfurt Essen Zurich Brussels |
Amsterdam Frankfurt Madrid Vienna Dublin Brussels Barcelona Stockholm Berlin Moscow Zurich Rome Munich |
Milan Madrid Amsterdam Frankfurt Brussels Moscow Zurich Dublin Barcelona Warsaw Vienna Lisbon Munich |
Munich Madrid Vienna Copenhagen Helsinki Stockholm Athens Rome Berlin Brussels |
Brussels Moscow Vienna Berlin Zurich Barcelona Madrid Frankfurt Munich Stockholm Rome Amsterdam Geneva |
Geneva Vienna Rome Madrid Stockholm Berlin Moscow Copenhagen Frankfurt Barcelona Milan Dublin Zurich |
Source: Fortune 500 rankings (2011), Global Cities Index AT Kearney (Business (2012), GAWC, 2000-2010, DATAR (2011) compiled in: VANDERMOTTEN C., Bruxelles, une lecture de la ville. Brusseles, Éditions de l’Université libre de Bruxelles, 2014, pp. 48-49.
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