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Los Angeles a global city - Coggle Diagram
Los Angeles a global city
Population :
18 million inhabitants = a megacity.
L-A is a world cultural city :
Hollywood.
Music Hall.
Disneyland Parc.
Los Angeles country museum of art.
Walt Disney.
An important centre of communications :
Container port / container ship.
An international port.
The Union Station.
A hub (airport, ...).
Railway station.
The main economic activities in L-A :
Manufacturing / industry.
Services / tertiary sector.
Fashion.
Energy.
Business.
Aerospace industry.
Entertainment.
Limites of Los Angeles as a global city :
San Francisco is a competitor for L-A technological power due to the Silicon Valley (Appel, Google, Facebook).
Relocation of car industry, television production, aerospace industry bacause of the cost of labour force.
Some industrial activities have moved away.
Localisation :
On the west coast of the USA (California, in the South).
Many diasporas live in L-A :
Mexican diaspora.
Japonese diaspora.
A centre of global business :
Skyline / Skyscraper.
TNF (transnational firms).
CBD (Central business district) = headquarters.
Social segregation in L-A :
Richest districts are situated on hills, particularly on the west along the seaside. And populated by the white people.