The Brookings Institution's Global MetroMonitor for 2011 paints a picture of shifting strength from cities in the developed nations to Asia and South America. Not that the metro areas of the US and Western Europe are not still vital drivers of the global economy, but the growth was elsewhere in between 2010 and 2011. Note where much of the blue is on this map:
The map is a helpful supplement to the report (click here to access the interactive map). As it shows, most of the strongest performing metro areas--90%, in fact--are outside of the US and Western Europe, while almost all of the weakest are in Japan, the US, and Western Europe.
Alan Berube, director of research for the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program and one of the authors of the report, notes some of the key takeaways from the Global MetroMonitor in this video:
Read the full report here.
Posted
01-19-2012 7:45 AM
by
Graham Griffith
Filed under: GDP, cities, global economy, growth, brookings, india, Brazil, emerging economies, metro area data, China, interactive maps, metromonitor, stagnation, western europe, urban centers, alan berube