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The world finally has a standard definition of a city, and the count may surprise you.
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In this episode
- Why no standard definition of a city existed until recently
- How researchers now compare cities across countries and continents
- What a consistent global count of cities actually reveals
- Why the definition of a city matters for policy and planning
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Until recently, there wasn’t any standard definition of a city. Now researchers can finally make comparisons across countries and continents.This episode is sponsored by:
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