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Persistence of population shocks : evidence from the occupation of West-Germany after World War II

In the immediate aftermath of World War II, millions of German expellees were resettled into the new borders of Germany, but not into the parts of Germany that were occupied by France. Using a…
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Indicators for Resilient Cities

This paper discusses approaches to strengthen and monitor urban resilience through the use of indicators. Resilience is the capacity of a city or community to prepare for, respond to and adapt from…
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A COUNTRY OVERVIEW

This paper provides an overview of country specific approaches to metropolitan area governance. It provides brief descriptions of the typical structures of metropolitan governance, with a particular…

The Role of Urban Agglomerations for Economic and Productivity Growth

This article discusses how urban agglomerations – cities – affect economic productivity. It uses an internationally harmonized definition of cities that aims to capture the true extent of an urban…

Finding Your Right (or Left) Partner to Merge

We study political determinants of municipality amalgamations during a boundary reform in the German state of Brandenburg, which reduced the number of municipalities from 1,489 to 421. The analysis…
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Detecting cities with high intermediacy in the African urban network

This model considers the extra time of crossing an international border as a parameter that enables us to proxy the cost of having fragmented regions with costly political barriers and shows that small cities have a wide range of intermediacy.
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Housing policies for sustainable and inclusive cities: How national governments can deliver affordable housing and compact urban development

In a context marked by rapid urbanisation, growing housing demand and the worsening impacts of climate change, national governments play a vital role in delivering environmentally sustainable cities…

Demystifying compact urban growth: Evidence from 300 studies from across the world

Most developed countries now pursue policies that implicitly or explicitly aim at promoting compact urban form. This report analyses more than 300 academic papers that study the effects of compact…
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OECD Regional Development Working Papers 2016 / 02 Using Outcome Indicators to Improve Policies : Methods , Design Strategies and Implementation

This paper discusses the use of outcome indicators for policy monitoring. In addition to providing general recommendations on their design and implementation, it makes two contributions to the…

Does Regional Economic Growth Depend on Proximity to Urban Centres

This paper analyses the spatial patterns of regional economic growth in Europe over the 1995 to 2010 period. It finds that regions, which contain large urban agglomerations, have been growing…
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