Explosive city growth in the modern world-system: An initial inventory derived from urban demographic changes

Urban Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 865-884

  Taylor, Peter ^a   Firth, Ann ^b   Hoyler, Michael ^a   Smith, Dennis ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

dynamic cities; economic expansion; hegemonic cycles; modern world system

Indexed keywords

FUTURE PROSPECT; HEGEMONY; MODERNIZATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN GROWTH;

UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956332266     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.31.7.865     Document Type: Article

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