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Are mega-cities wrecking urban hierarchies? A cross-national study on the evolution of city-size distribution

Cities, 2021
The increasing number of mega-cities and their dramatic growth accompanied by the prevailing urbanization processes raise concerns about the polarization of urban hierarchies.
Bindong Sun, Tinglin Zhang, Wan Li
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Scaling of Chinese urban CO2 emissions and multiple dimensions of city size.

Science of the Total Environment, 2022
Cities are both the primary cause of global climate change and the key to the mitigation agenda. China's unprecedented urbanization has paralleled a growth in energy demand and urban areas have emerged as the crux of CO2 emissions reduction in China ...
Chen Yang, Shuqing Zhao
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The impacts of urban structure on PM2.5 pollution depend on city size and location.

Environmental Pollution, 2021
Many cities across the world face the challenge of severe fine particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution. Among the many factors that affect PM2.5 pollution, there is an increasing interest in the impacts of urban structure. However, quantifying these impacts
Xiuling Zhao   +3 more
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City age and city size [PDF]

open access: possibleEuropean Economic Review, 2014
Abstract Using novel data on the foundation dates of more than 10,000 American Census places, we show that older cities in the US tend to be larger than younger ones. To take this nexus between city age and city size into account, we introduce endogenous city creation into a dynamic economic model of an urban system.
Giesen, Kristian, Suedekum, Jens
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City size and energy conservation: Do large cities in China consume more energy?

Energy Economics, 2020
Although the nexus between urbanization and energy consumption has been widely discussed at the macro level or in specific areas such as in relation to residents and transport, how the expansion of city size affects energy consumption in the process of ...
Wei Hu, Yuemin Fan
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On the number and size of cities*

Journal of Economic Geography, 2005
We study the effects of a decrease in inter-city transport costs on the spatial distribution of population in a multi-regional economy, when a rise in the regional population generates higher urban costs. Holding the number of cities constant, as transport costs are reduced gradually from a very high level to a very low level, there is a first phase in
Tabuchi, Takatoshi   +2 more
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The long way to tipperary: City size and worldwide urban population trends, 1950–2030

, 2020
A comparative investigation of population growth gives accurate information on urban transformations at local and regional scales. A comprehensive understanding of future trends in global urbanization may benefit from a long-term analysis of city size, a
G. Egidi, L. Salvati, Sabato Vinci
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City size and housing purchase intention: Evidence from rural–urban migrants in China

Urban studies, 2020
Despite the increased focus on housing choices among rural–urban migrants in China, there is a lack of studies on city size and housing purchase preferences.
Yanjiao Song, Chuanyong Zhang
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Exploring the non-linear effects of city size on urban industrial land use efficiency: A spatial econometric analysis of cities in eastern China

, 2020
Land scarcity is increasingly becoming a binding constraint on sustainable economic growth in countries undergoing rapid industrialization and urbanization, and research on the estimation and determinants of urban industrial land use efficiency (UILUE ...
Siqi Yan, Jianchao Peng, Qun Wu
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How does growing city size affect residents’ happiness in urban China? A case study of the Bohai rim area

, 2020
In China, rapid and extensive urbanization has brought not only benefits due to urban agglomeration but also various urban problems; both affect residents' happiness.
Y. Dang   +4 more
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