This study examines the growth of population and the changing structure of employment in four megacities in South-East and East Asia: Jakarta, Bangkok, Manila and Taipei over the 1980-1990 period. As all these megacities have influenced the population and employment structure in a region extending well beyond their official boundaries, three zones are defined for each megacity: the metropolitan...

"This paper examines the urban growth of 33 small and intermediate Korean cities during 1975-1980 from the ecological perspective. Using the multiple regression analysis, population growth of a city is measured by variables such as industrial structure, distance from a metropolitan city, and educational level of residents in a corresponding city. At the present development stage in Korea, tho...

An important issue in the study of cities is defining a metropolitan area, because different definitions affect conclusions regarding the statistical distribution of urban activity. A commonly employed method of defining a metropolitan area is the Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), based on rules attempting to capture the notion of city as a functional economic region, and it is performed b...

Although invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) accounts for only a minority of the infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (such as pneumonia and otitis media), it is associated with the most severe disease and is readily measured, as it is by definition associated with a sterile site isolate. The Metropolitan NSW Pneumococcal Study Group was formed in 1997 to generate data describing the a...

This article analyzes determinants of growth across labor markets in the United States, using a production function approach based on four inputs: labor, manufacturing investment, human capital investment, and public capital investment. We find little role for public capital investment in growth, but that manufacturing investment spurred growth in nonmetropolitan areas, in contrast to metropoli...

We examine neighborhood housing vacancy patterns in the largest 200 metropolitan areas from 2012 to 2019, focusing especially on Sunbelt and Rustbelt metros, both hit hard by 2007–2011 foreclosure crisis. pay special attention “hypervacancy,” where large amounts of long-term vacant are most likely impose negative impacts. find that, Sunbelt, hypervacant tracts declined over 2019 period, while t...