Urban areas are often characterised by access to numerous markets; local, regional and international. These areas also tend to have a consolidation of a highly skilled and service oriented labour force. the image above taken in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, the capital city shows the local cooperate headquarters of RBC, Royal Bank of Canada. This is just one of the numerous multinational head offices of co-operations present in the capital city.This amalgamation of head offices is often justified by their needs for specialist inputs along with those characteristics previously listed. According to Hall this is not some new phenomena as, "Corporate headquarters have always displayed an urban bias in their location".
Hall, Tim. Urban geography. 3rd ed. London: Routledge, 2006.
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