Open AccessManaging megacities
Author(s) -
Rémy Prud’homme
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
cybergeo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.16
H-Index - 16
ISSN - 1278-3366
DOI - 10.4000/cybergeo.305
Subject(s) - megacity , argument (complex analysis) , point (geometry) , function (biology) , economic geography , business , geography , economics , economy , mathematics , biology , biochemistry , chemistry , geometry , evolutionary biology
Alonso, in a seminal paper written in 1971 develops the following argument: urban benefits increase with city size in a less than proportional way. Urban costs increase with city size in a more than proportional way. There comes a point where urban costs are greater than urban benefits: this point defines an optimal size. Beyond that point, cities are too big. This view completely omits a key factor: urban management. Urban benefits and urban costs are not merely a function of city size. The..