Redefining urban areas in OECD countries

Assessment of Priorities of Construction of High-Speed Rail in the Czech Republic in Terms of Impacts on Internal and External Integration

“…The population size of the major metropolises of the developed countries, which are after the second demographic transition, is usually considered to be 1 million inhabitants; in the case of minor metropolises, the limit of 500 thousand inhabitants (see, e.g., Brezzi et al, 2012). In international analyses of metropolises, it is obviously necessary to ensure the comparability of their territorial delimitation.…”

Quantifying restoration time of power and telecommunication lifelines after earthquakes using Bayesian belief network model

“…That is, the urban area is large-size if the population is 1.5 million or more; medium-size urban area if its population is between 200,000 and 500,000; and small urban area if the population ranges between 50,000 and 200,000 [49]. Besides, the urban area parameter is identified by Per Capita Gross Domestic Product (PCGDP), which is the indicator of a nation's living standards, the quantity of population of the impacted area, and the urbanization degree [39,50,51].…”

The Pan-European Population Distribution Across Consistently Defined Functional Urban Areas

“…The novel data stem from a collaboration of the European Commission (EC), see Dijkstra and Poelman (2012) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), see Brezzi et al (2012). The EC-OECD definition of functional urban areas proceeds in three steps: Step 1 partitions the European surface into 1 km 2 grid cells and identifies high-density cells with a population density greater than 1,500 inhabitants per km 2 based on categorized satellite images.…”