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City Size

City Size is an urban economic concept referring to the spatial extent and population magnitude of an urban settlement, distinguishing it from other urban attributes by quantifying the physical and demographic scale of a city as a fundamental determinant of its economic structure, efficiency, and agglomeration effects.

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126.8K

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2.7K

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1.1K

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2017–2026

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A Computer Movie Simulating Urban Growth in the Detroit Region

Waldo Tobler · Economic Geography · 1970 · 9.6K citations

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Growth, innovation, scaling, and the pace of life in cities

Luís M. A. Bettencourt, José Lobo, Dirk Helbing et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2007 · 2.7K citations · Full text

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City size and the urban heat island

T. R. Oke · Atmospheric Environment (1967) · 1973 · 2.5K citations

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The World City Hypothesis

John Friedmann · Development and Change · 1986 · 2.1K citations

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Zipf's Law for Cities: An Explanation

Xavier Gabaix · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1999 · 2.1K citations

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Authors

2.7K

  1. LM
    Luís M. A. Bettencourt

    Santa Fe Institute, United States

    19 publications · 6.7K citations

    19

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  2. MB
    Michael Batty

    University College London, United Kingdom

    18 publications · 4.5K citations

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  3. JL
    José Lobo

    Arizona State University, United States

    12 publications · 5K citations

    12

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  4. JV
    J. Vernon Henderson

    Brown University, United States

    11 publications · 2.4K citations

    11

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  5. EM
    Evert Meijers

    Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

    10 publications · 1.8K citations

    10

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Institutions

1.1K

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    24 h-index

    81 publications

    4.1K citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    23 h-index

    52 publications

    8.8K citations

  3. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    22 h-index

    33 publications

    6.3K citations

  4. Santa Fe Institute

    Santa Fe, United States

    20 h-index

    39 publications

    9.9K citations

  5. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    30 publications

    3K citations

  6. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    17 h-index

    25 publications

    4.1K citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    17 h-index

    20 publications

    3.5K citations

  8. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    17 h-index

    37 publications

    1.6K citations

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Venues

  1. Urban Studies

    88 publications · 5.1K citations

    40

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  2. Journal of Urban Economics

    49 publications · 5.2K citations

    32

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  3. Cities

    35 publications · 3K citations

    28

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  4. Journal of Regional Science

    JRS · 41 publications · 2.6K citations

    28

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  5. PLoS ONE

    28 publications · 2.4K citations

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