Cities Are More Important Than Ever

Pablo Guillen; Urša Komac

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-5741-5_3

Cities Are More Important Than Ever

Pablo Guillen, Urša Komac

School of Engineering, Design & Built Environment

University of Sydney

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Abstract

We show how, contrary to predications made in the twentieth century, the advances of transportation and information technology have not slowed down the forces of agglomeration. On the contrary, because of the increased human and physical capital accumulation plus the availability of desirable goods and opportunities, city growth has been accelerating. The world is going through a gradual but seemingly unstoppable process of urbanisation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology
Publisher	Springer
Pages	7-9
Number of pages	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5741-5_3
Publication status	Published - 2020

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Name	SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology
ISSN (Print)	2199-580X
ISSN (Electronic)	2199-5818

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Keywords

Capital accumulation
Contemporary urbanisation
Economies of scale

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