Cities are the foundation of urban life, and these 4 key definitions--global city, metropolis, megacity and megalopolis--help us differentiate their importance.
Amid a patent boom and increase in patent infringement cases, China is a fast-growing catch-up country in the intellectual property (IP) regime, with arguments on effectiveness and standardization. In 2014, China installed three intellectual property courts (IPCs) in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzh...
Moscow is the northernmost and coldest megacity and metropolis on Earth. It is home to the Ostankino Tower, the tallest free standing structure in Europe; the Federation Tower, the tallest skyscraper in Europe; and the Moscow International Business Center. Share Calebs Answered Aug 17, 2017 Mos...
Figure 1. MCMA’s population (in thousands) in 2019. Source: Compiled by the authors using official data from state, municipal, and locality boundary files from the Mexican National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics (INEGI). The metropolitan-wide transport network is mainly compo...