This paper presents an exercise in the definition of cities from clear and explicit quantitative criteria. The city … concept is linked to the local political level, so in this sense we can talk about “administrative cities”, since they are … the number and extend of cities, other aspects such as land cover or the economic structure is absent from our analysis …

local climate governance may support cities in developing appropriate local climate action plans. It may also inform other … policy levels to help realize the local climate protection potential. For many cities, cost savings are a primary driver for … are key barriers. We conclude that in the absence of proper regulatory frameworks, cities could focus on 'no …

fragmentation and the spatial size of cities in a sample of 180 metropolitan areas in the contexts of the US and Europe in the … administrative fragmentation impacts positively on land uptake in both the United States and Europe, although to different extents …

fragmentation and the spatial size of cities in a sample of 180 metropolitan areas in the contexts of the US and Europe in the … administrative fragmentation impacts positively on land uptake in both the United States and Europe, although to different extents. …

Defenders of suburban sprawl assert that sprawl is inevitable in affluent societies, based on trends in Western Europe …. According to supporters of this Inevitability Theory, European cities have decentralized and become more car-dependent, thus … futile. This Article compares Western Europe to the United States, and criticizes the Inevitabilty Theory on the grounds that …

the suburbanization of population in European cities. This is considered a major issue in Europe, which has never been … studied before at this scale. We constructed a unique population and transport infrastructure dataset covering 579 cities from … city population in European cities during the period 1961-2011 on average, whereas the same estimate for radial railways …

Income inequality is increasing in European cities and this rising inequality has a spatial footprint in cities and … neighbourhoods. Poor and rich people are increasingly living separated and this can threaten the social sustainability of cities. Low … households. Urban policy often focusses on reducing segregation through physical measures in cities, such as demolishing houses …

The Black Death killed 40% of Europe’s population between 1347-1352, making it one of the largest shocks in the history … growth. On average, cities recovered their pre-Plague populations within two centuries. In addition, aggregate convergence …