Table 1. Study Scale
Scale N %
Settlement 779 73.98
Region 120 11.40
Organization 104 9.88
Neighborhood 50 4.75
Total 1053 100.00
Table 2. Ranked Order of 20 Most Studied Settlements
Site N
1 London 46
2 Los Angeles 35
3 Amsterdam 27
4 New York City 25
5 Madrid 20
6 Rotterdam 17
7 Barcelona 16
7 Berlin 16
7 Stockholm 16
7 Toronto 16
11 Chicago 11
12 Paris 10
12 The Hague 10
12 Vienna 10
15 Boston 9
15 Oslo 9
15 San Francisco 9
15 Vancouver 9
19 Birmingham 8
19 Lisbon 8
19 Melbourne 8
19 Miami 8
19 Milan 8
19 San Diego 8
Table 3. Percentage of Texts that Include The Most Studied Cities
N %
At least one of 5 most researched 134 25.6
At least one of 10 most researched 175 33.4
At least one of 15 most researched 196 37.4
At least one of 20 most researched 242 46.2

Settlements Studied by Population (Percentage)
Population N %
500,000 or less 229 27.29
500,000 to 1 million 80 9.54
1 million to 1.5 million 87 10.37
1.5 million to 2 million 50 5.96
2 million to 2.5 million 32 3.81
2.5 million to 3 million 24 2.86
3 million to 3.5 million 43 5.13
3.5 million to 4 million 21 2.50
4 million to 4.5 million 22 2.62
4.5 million to 5 million 29 3.46
5 million or more 222 26.46
Total 839 100.00
Texts that Study At Least One Large City
1st Largest
2nd Largest
3rd Largest
Top 3
N % N % N % N %
City 230 43.9 113 21.6 64 12.2 311 59.4
Other 294 56.1 411 78.4 460 87.8 213 40.6
Total 524 100.0 524 100.0 524 100.0 524 100.0
Texts that Study At Least One Capital City
National
Provincial
Either National or Provincial
N % N % N %
Capital 192 36.6 Capital 268 51.1 Capital 288 55
Other 332 63.4 Other 256 48.9 Other 236 45
Total 524 100.0 Total 524 100.0 Total 524 100
Settlement Study Frequency (More Than Once)
Site N
London 8044433 46
Los Angeles 12160151 35
Amsterdam 1064617 27
New York City 18365262 25
Madrid 5787392 20
Rotterdam 1002773 17
Barcelona 4933548 16
Berlin 3450395 16
Stockholm 1359972 16
Toronto 5499233 16
Chicago 8615834 11
Paris 10460118 10
The Hague 636704 10
Vienna 1730649 10
Boston 4184792 9
Oslo 897916 9
San Francisco 3282535 9
Vancouver 2278216 9
Birmingham 2428921 8
Lisbon 2811563 8
Melbourne 3932257 8
Miami 5517777 8
Milan 3056107 8
San Diego 2964154 8
Hong Kong 7025221 7
Rome 3957247 7
Sydney 4165739 7
Antwerp 992577 6
Malmö 278087 6
Utrecht, Netherlands 466013 6
Washington, DC 4604365 6
Brussels 1926348 5
Copenhagen 1192357 5
Houston 4976162 5
Singapore 5074252 5
Basel 517610 4
Dublin, Ireland 1100238 4
Glasgow 1616798 4
Leeds 474632 4
Orange County, California 3010232 4
San Antonio 1770572 4
Shanghai 20314309 4
Turin 1736536 4
Aarhus 306650 3
Athens 3170434 3
Dordrecht 97690 3
Eindhoven 328683 3
Fort Lauderdale 165521 3
Frankfurt 681370 3
Gothenburg 545763 3
Hamburg 1775365 3
Johannesburg 4249354 3
Kampala, Uganda 2015559 3
Krakow 759044 3
Leicester 504454 3
Linz 189889 3
Moscow 11461264 3
Oxford 151906 3
Perth 1722319 3
Philadelphia 5449069 3
Phoenix 3649247 3
Riverside County, California 2189641 3
Strasbourg 449931 3
Tokyo 36859626 3
Warsaw 1702689 3
Zurich 1257280 3
Aalborg 197426 2
Accra 2060076 2
Almere 190655 2
Alphen aan den Rijn 72680 2
Atlanta, GA 4544198 2
Beijing 16441252 2
Bergen op Zoom 66074 2
Bradford, United Kingdom 349561 2
Buenos Aires 14245871 2
Delft 97690 2
Enschede 157838 2
Finnmark County 73936 2
Florence 692620 2
Garden City, Kansas 26658 2
Guangzhou 10278197 2
Hargeisa, Somalia 606912 2
Hoogezand-Sappemeer 34814 2
Istanbul 12584885 2
Jerusalem 781421 2
Lima 8919759 2
London, Ontario 471805 2
Lund, Sweden 111792 2
Lyon 1576653 2
Manchester 2537770 2
Mexico City 20136681 2
Montgomery County, Maryland 971777 2
Montreal 3896932 2
Nairobi 3236589 2
New Delhi 21987895 2
Oldham, United Kingdom 96555 2
Ottawa 1218013 2
Prato 184885 2
Raleigh-Durham 895794 2
San Bernardino 1944699 2
San Jose 1667771 2
Santa Maria, California 99553 2
Southampton 851089 2
St.Paul 2657786 2
Tallinn 394129 2
Thessaloniki 806139 2
Tiel 41181 2
Uppsala, Sweden 199898 2
Ventura County, California 823318 2
Wroclaw 632652 2