A committee is completing its annual review of global cities on these factors: economic, political, cultural, infrastructure, communications, and transportation. These are the factors that determine
a) free trade agreements.
b) rank-size versus primate city rule.
c) clustered versus dispersed designation.
d) hierarchy of World Bank initiatives.
e) alpha, beta, or gamma ranking.
e) alpha, beta, or gamma ranking.
The factors listed align with the criteria used to determine a city's classification in the global city hierarchy, such as the alpha, beta, or gamma ranking system developed by the global strategic research organization, GaWC (Globalization and World Cities Research Network). These rankings are based on economic, political, cultural, infrastructure, communications, and transportation factors, among others.