The distribution of urban population and economic activity in the European Union and the United States

Puente Ajovín, Miguel (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Sanso Navarro, Marcos (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Vera Cabello, María

Resumen: This letter compares the distribution of urban population and economic activity in the European Union and the United States. Economic activity, proxied with nighttime lights, is more unevenly distributed than population, especially in the European Union. This reflects that more population does not necessarily imply a higher level of economic activity. Both Zipf’s law and a Pareto distribution are rejected for aggregate nighttime lights within urban extents. Therefore, alternative specifications are required for the distribution of city sizes in terms of economic activity.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1007/s12076-022-00309-5

Año: 2022

Publicado en: Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences 15 (2022), 517–522
ISSN: 1864-4031

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 1.7 - Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Q3) - Social Sciences (Q2)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.34 - Demography (Q2) - Urban Studies (Q2) - Geography, Planning and Development (Q2) - Economics and Econometrics (Q3)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S39-20R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PID2020-112773GB-I00
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/JIUZ-2020-SOC-11

Tipo y forma: Article (PostPrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Fund. Análisis Económico (Dpto. Análisis Económico)