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Royuela, Vicente; Surinach, Jordi – Social Indicators Research, 2005
Do cities have an optimal size? In seeking to answer this question, various theories, including Optimal City Size Theory, the supply-oriented dynamic approach and the city network paradigm, have been forwarded that considered a city's population size as a determinant of location costs and benefits. However, the generalised growth in wealth that…
Descriptors: Costs, Quality of Life, Cost Effectiveness, Community Benefits