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The Role of Inter-City Connections in Urban Prosperity

Summary by The Horizons Tracker
Why do larger cities produce outsized economic benefits? A new study, from MIT, suggests that global connections between cities may play a key role. Examining 255 urban areas across the EU, the U.S., and China, researchers propose that inter-city organizational links—such as those between firms or universities—might explain the superlinear scaling of urban economic indicators like GDP. Historically, urban scaling models have emphasized social in…
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The Horizons Tracker broke the news in on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
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