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Initial Urbanization

Initial Urbanization is a theoretical framework within urban studies that identifies and analyzes the foundational processes and socio-spatial transformations through which dispersed settlements evolve into structured urban centers, distinguished from subsequent urban development phases by its focus on the emergence of urban characteristics in pre-urban societies.

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187

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101

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2017–2026

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Publications

90

The Preindustrial City: Past and Present

F. L. Manella, Gideon Sjoberg · The American Catholic Sociological Review · 1961 · 337 citations

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Fluvial landscapes of the Harappan civilization

Liviu Giosan, Peter D. Clift, Mark G. Macklin et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2012 · 327 citations · Full text

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The Origin and Growth of Urbanization in the World

Kingsley Davis · American Journal of Sociology · 1955 · 299 citations

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Contextualizing Early Urbanization: Settlement Cores, Early States and Agro-pastoral Strategies in the Fertile Crescent During the Fourth and Third Millennia BC

T.J. Wilkinson, Graham Philip, Jane Bradbury et al. · Journal of World Prehistory · 2014 · 195 citations · Full text

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Progress in research on Chinese urbanization

Chaolin Gu, WU Li-ya, Ian G. Cook · Frontiers of Architectural Research · 2012 · 188 citations · Full text

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Authors

187

  1. GS
    Gideon Sjoberg

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    4 publications · 457 citations

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  2. HC
    Henry C. Binford

    2 publications · 36 citations

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  3. ZL
    Zane L. Miller

    University of Cincinnati, United States

    2 publications · 28 citations

    2

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  4. RC
    Richard C. Wade

    University of Chicago, United States

    2 publications · 36 citations

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  5. MF
    Manuel Fernández‐Götz

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 94 citations

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Institutions

101

  1. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    116 citations

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    184 citations

  3. Bandung Institute of Technology

    Bandung, Indonesia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    85 citations

  4. Peking University

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    26 citations

  5. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    107 citations

  6. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    147 citations

  7. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    126 citations

  8. Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    64 citations

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  1. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 6 publications · 186 citations

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  2. Cities

    4 publications · 188 citations

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  3. Land Use Policy

    3 publications · 138 citations

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  4. American Sociological Review

    ASR · 2 publications · 168 citations

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  5. Antiquity

    2 publications · 125 citations

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