What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
Brian J. L. Berry focuses on City size, Economic geography, Central place theory, Commerce and Neoclassical economics.
His City size study combines topics in areas such as Zipf's law, Hierarchy and Distribution.
His studies in Economic geography integrate themes in fields like Population density and Urban geography.
His research in Central place theory intersects with topics in Service and Urban land.
His study in Commerce is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Location theory and Retail distribution.
His Location theory research incorporates elements of Regional science, Ecological systems theory, Community organization and Land use.
His most cited work include:
- The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting (1212 citations)
- CITIES AS SYSTEMS WITHIN SYSTEMS OF CITIES (363 citations)
- Geography of market centers and retail distribution (327 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His primary areas of study are Economic geography, Urbanization, Economic growth, Regional science and Econometrics.
Human geography is the focus of his Economic geography research.
His primary area of study in Human geography is in the field of Historical geography.
His research on Urbanization often connects related areas such as Development economics.
He most often published in these fields:
- Economic geography (12.60%)
- Urbanization (11.42%)
- Economic growth (9.45%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2006-2020)?
- Political economy (5.91%)
- Happiness (1.97%)
- Life satisfaction (1.97%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Brian J. L. Berry mostly deals with Political economy, Happiness, Life satisfaction, Urbanization and Economic growth.
In his work, Demography and Acculturation is strongly intertwined with General Social Survey, which is a subfield of Life satisfaction.
His Urbanization study incorporates themes from Productivity, Development economics, Econometrics and Developing country.
His studies deal with areas such as Modernization theory, Regional science, Democracy and Public policy as well as Development economics.
His Econometrics research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Economic sector, Labour economics and Externality.
His work in Economic growth covers topics such as World Values Survey which are related to areas like Rural area, Multilevel model and Demographic economics.
Between 2006 and 2020, his most popular works were:
- City Size Distributions and Economic Development (118 citations)
- An Urban-Rural Happiness Gradient (105 citations)
- The city size distribution debate: Resolution for US urban regions and megalopolitan areas (76 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
Brian J. L. Berry spends much of his time researching Happiness, Life satisfaction, Econometrics, General Social Survey and Distribution.
His Happiness research includes elements of Multilevel model and World Values Survey.
His Econometrics study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Metropolitan area, Labour economics, Time series and Externality.
His General Social Survey course of study focuses on Demography and Latin Americans, Social psychology and Collectivism.
His Distribution research incorporates themes from Zipf's law, Economic geography, Log-normal distribution and City size.
His Urbanization study improves the overall literature in Economic growth.
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