" New York is too big this way," the mayor says, raising a thick hand over his head.
Stretching both arms out at his sides, he adds," Los Angeles is too big this way. All the other …

This paper presents an empirical study of the links between metropolitan spatial structure
and economic growth. Consistent with an urban evolution hypothesis, the growth effects of …

This is a study of the economics of development and urbanization. Its two principal themes
are 1) that simple economic factors explain the spatial location of populations and industries …

The remarkable expansion in metropolitan growth rates has been nearly matched by the
phenomenal expansion in the literature commenting upon it. Social scientists of every …

Many commentators believe that the phenomenon of urban sprawl, which is characterized
by vigorous spatial expansion of urban areas, is a symptom of an economic system gone …

Since cities are likely to play an even more predominant role in the global economy in the
future than they do at present, it is important to understand how urban centers are created …

Urban economists, notably Henderson (1974, 1988), have developed and quantitatively
tested elegant models that offer an explanation of the sizes and roles of cities in a many-city …

Very large urban centers are a conspicuous feature of many developing economies, yet the
subject of the size distribution of cities (as opposed to such issues as rural-urban migration) …

What features characterize the evolution of the US urban system in this past century? To
what extent has the 500-percent increase in national urban population during 1900–1990 …

In developed economies the share of agriculture and other primary products in GNP is
generally so small (and declining) that it is excusable to think of economic growth in terms of …