This study provides a systematic review of the existing literature on Zipf's law for city size
distribution. Existing empirical evidence suggests that Zipf's law is not always observable …

The dynamics of urban population density (UPD) has attracted extensive attention from both
policymakers and scholars because it can be used to indicate the sustainability of city …

Ornamental trees can reduce some of the negative impacts of urbanization on citizens but
some species, such as Platanus spp., produce pollen with high allergenic potential. This can …

As cities grow, both the productivity of their inhabitants and the income distribution among
them is expected to change. While the empirical literature has widely shown how …

The resilience of the local food system is being underlined as one of the most important
strategic goals for a sustainable future. However, since the question of what constitutes the …

Urban scaling and Zipf's law are two fundamental paradigms for the science of cities. These
laws have mostly been investigated independently and are often perceived as disassociated …

Abstract The New Form of Urbanization was proposed in 2012, emphasizing the
development of small and medium-sized cities and towns. Analyzing the city-size distribution …

Ornamental trees in urban environment are a relevant cause of illness due to allergenic
pollen airborne dispersed. The work presented here analyses the importance of ornamental …

The 2008 financial and economic crisis has led to widespread destruction of employment in
Spain. Using municipality data, I examine employment growth differences between urban …

While an ever-growing percentage of the world's population is urban, the rate at which cities
grow is not uniform. The lifetime of individual cities includes periods of fast growth, slow …