Towards a common standard: comparing European and American cities

Freeman, Alan (2005): Towards a common standard: comparing European and American cities. Published in: Greater London Authority Economics Working Papers No. 13 (1 July 2005)

Abstract

This paper assesses to what extent it is possible to construct standardised geographical definitions of cities that will allow American and European cities to be compared in a consistent manner.

It reproduces, in citable form and, for scholarly purposes, the report of the same name produced by the author for the Greater London Authority.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Keywords: City; global city; Functional Urban Region; Larger Urban Zone; Territorial Indicators; Metropolitan Region; pluralism
• Subjects: H - Public Economics > H7 - State and Local Government ; Intergovernmental Relations > H70 - General; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R0 - General; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J0 - General

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