Historical urban growth in Europe (1300–1800)

González-Val, Rafael (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: This paper analyses the evolution of the European urban system from a long-term perspective (from 1300 to 1800). Using the method recently proposed by Clauset, Shalizi, and Newman, a Pareto-type city size distribution (power law) is rejected from 1300 to 1600. A power law is a plausible model for the city size distribution only in 1700 and 1800, although the log-normal distribution is another plausible alternative model that we cannot reject. Moreover, the random growth of cities is rejected using parametric and non-parametric methods. The results reveal a clear pattern of convergent growth in all the periods.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12365

Año: 2019

Publicado en: PAPERS IN REGIONAL SCIENCE 98, 2 (2019), 1115–1136
ISSN: 1056-8190

Factor impacto JCR: 2.22 (2019)

Categ. JCR: GEOGRAPHY rank: 37 / 84 = 0.44 (2019) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: ECONOMICS rank: 96 / 371 = 0.259 (2019) - Q2 - T1
Categ. JCR: REGIONAL & URBAN PLANNING rank: 23 / 39 = 0.59 (2019) - Q3 - T2
Categ. JCR: ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES rank: 68 / 123 = 0.553 (2019) - Q3 - T2

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.91 - Geography, Planning and Development (Q1) - Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S16-ADETRE
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/ECO2016-75941-R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/ECO2017-82246-P

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)

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