Research on the Coordinated Development of Global Urban Economic Competitiveness: Based on a Sample of 1007 Cities

Table 4

Hierarchy of DCC of cities worldwide.

Levels DCC	Categories DCC	Number of the cities	Means	Top 10 cities
Level I	Strong coordination	16	0.839	New York, tokyo, London, Seoul, Singapore, Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, San Francisco, Chicago, etc.
Level II	Good coordination	248	0.667	Osaka, Washington, DC, Atlanta, Houston, Frankfurt, Seattle, Istanbul, Madrid, Zurich, Philadelphia, etc.
Level III	Limited coordination	301	0.538	Gebze, Leon, Allen, Hermosillo, Palermo, San Juan, Krakow, Hsinchu, Liege Albuquerque
Level IV	Scanty coordination	442	0.317	Karaj, Hengshui, Salem, Hebi, Voronezh Benxi, Palembang, Jingdezhen, Fuyang, Zigong Wait