

“ The World According to GaWC 2000” and following. * Silvio Carta, TUDelft, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Public Buildings, email: Cf. The atlas shows the world cities according to the GaWC categorization of 2010. The leading parameters for the new configuration are based on mutual connections, primarily in the global economic system. The world map is configured as an archipelago, where each city appears utterly separated from its geographical surrounding and closer to other cities of the same level. 1 From this visualization it emerges where each city is virtually oriented to other cities of the same level of inter-connectivity. The atlas shows the categorization of world cities into α, β and γ tiers, based upon their international connectedness. Mapping Connectedness of Global Cities: α, β and γ tiers
