Winners, losers and future prospects: The economic geography of transition countries

Feb 5, 2019

Stranded commuters wait for instructions after trains were delayed at Liverpool Street station in London March 10, 2010. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (BRITAIN - Tags: IMAGES OF THE DAY TRANSPORT) - GM1E63B05Y901

The world's population continues to move towards cities and urban areas. Image: REUTERS/Chris Helgren

Klaus Desmet

Altshuler Professor of Cities, Regions and Globalisation, Southern Methodist University

Dávid Krisztián Nagy

Junior Researcher, Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI)

Nathaniel Young

Principal Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

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Based on 100 km2 grid squares for the period 1990-2015. Bar heights convey population changes, with red bars denoting population increases and grey bars indicating decreases. Beige areas without bars are places with population changes of less than 200 people. Image: European Commission/Columbia University/Vox

Each dot represents a 1° by 1° cell in the regions from 2005 data. Image: G-Econ dataset

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Localised population density is a measure of the number of people living within 5 km of a person, discounted by distance. The unit of change is the number of people in a 5 km radius. Image: European Commission/Columbia UniversityVox

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