Measuring Metropolitan Areas: A Comparative Approach in OECD Countries

Monica Brezzi (), Mario Piacentini and Daniel Sanchez-Serra
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Monica Brezzi: Regional Development Policy, OECD
Mario Piacentini: Trade and Business Statistics, OECD
Daniel Sanchez-Serra: Regional Development Policy, OECD

Chapter Chapter 4 in Defining the Spatial Scale in Modern Regional Analysis, 2012, pp 71-89 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Metropolitan areas play a crucial role on the economic performance of countries. They tend to concentrate important shares of the national population and economic activity, but also important shares of innovation, highly educated workers and infrastructures. The 90 largest metropolitan areas in OECD countries, for example, account for around 40 % of OECD population and almost 50 % of its economic activity (OECD 2011).

Keywords: Metropolitan Area; OECD Country; Urbanise Land; Urban System; Urban Core (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-31994-5_4

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