{"title":"Access to multiple urban centres is now the norm for billions","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s44284-024-00087-9","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We uncovered the degree of interconnectedness of urban centres globally, finding that 3.2 billion individuals can access multiple urban tiers ranging from towns to large cities within an hour of travel. These findings emphasize the strategic importance of intermediate cities in linking various urban and rural areas, which is crucial for effective regional development.","PeriodicalId":501700,"journal":{"name":"Nature Cities","volume":"1 7","pages":"449-450"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nature Cities","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-024-00087-9","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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We uncovered the degree of interconnectedness of urban centres globally, finding that 3.2 billion individuals can access multiple urban tiers ranging from towns to large cities within an hour of travel. These findings emphasize the strategic importance of intermediate cities in linking various urban and rural areas, which is crucial for effective regional development.