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1750–2050 is the 300 years of great changes in the world, in which the status of the city is extraordinary. City is not only the main content of world change, but also the core force. In the 300 years, cities have changed from the world being guided by cities, to being dominated by cities, to city being the main body.
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This report uses the data of 97,259 listed companies in the Osiris global listed company database from 1989 to 2017 to see the changes in the form, scale and density of global urban agglomeration from the perspective of industrial change and agglomeration.
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The data were gathered from General history of the world.
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The Western European countries represented by Britain, Germany and France are the global manufacturing centers and trade centers in this period. Choosing Western European countries as reference can represent the global trade relations to some extent.
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Ni, P., United Nations Industrial Development Organization., Shenzhen University., National Academy of Economic Strategy. (2023). The World: 300 Years of Urbanization Expansion. In: The World: 300 Years of Urbanization Expansion. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3553-6_2
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