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This chapter explores in some statistical detail the growth and spread of cities in various parts of the world since the nineteenth century. It is argued that globalization has engendered a mosaic of giant city-regions that function increasingly as the motors of the world economy.
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Scott, A.J. (2017). Cities in a Globalizing World. In: The Constitution of the City. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61228-7_5
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