We use a new historical dataset to explore the contention of a century's worth of scholarship that a state's largest city faces discrimination in its legislature. Looking at thirteen states over a 120-year period, we show that this charge is justified: Bills introduced by members of the big city...

Access to urban infrastructure, in cities of the developing world is deficient in both coverage and access. Despite the efforts of numerous international, national, provincial and urban agents, these deficiencies persist. In response, recent international and national strategies seek to use...