The contours of a new urban world? Megacity population growth and density since 1975

Town Planning Review

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 653-678

  Hoole, Charlotte ^a   Hincks, Stephen ^b   Rae, Alasdair ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data; Density; GHSL; Growth; Megacity; Megaurban; New urban agenda; Population

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MEGACITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN REGION;

EID: 85075127473     PISSN: 00410020     EISSN: 1478341X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/tpr.2019.41     Document Type: Article

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