The Rise of the Mega-Region

By Richard Florida, Tim Gulden, C. Mellander. 2008

373 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Global and Planetary Change, Urban Studies

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In Economics and Econometrics

1. Christopher Small
2. Christopher D. Elvidge
3. Deborah Balk
4. M. Montgomery

In Global and Planetary Change

1. Christopher D. Elvidge

In Urban Studies

1. M. Montgomery

Citations in the corpus

• Spatial scaling of stable night lights (2011, background): “Most enumerated land area on Earth is inhabited at low population density (~70% areab10 people/km2) (Small and Cohen, 2004)and large rural areas of intermediate population densities (100 to 1000 people/km2) contain only small, isolated lights (Small, 2004).”
• The territorial dynamics of innovation in China and India (2012, neutral): “The geography of innovation in India may evolve towards an even greater cleavage between innovative and globalized regions and the rest, with possibly an emergence of some ‘middle-sized’ highly innovative centres, alongside the mega-urban areas (such as Delhi and Mumbai) that will blend innovation-l”