Subject(s): Cities and towns in Growth. -- Urbanization and quality of life -- Sustainable development. -- Urban creativity and growth -- Urban systems, infrastructure and sustainable development -- Scientific creativity and clustering -- Agglomeration economics and smart cities -- European union policy -- Cities, innovation and productivity -- Metropolitan performance indicators -- Entrepreneurial governance for local growth -- Cities for responsible innovation -- Workforce Capacity, Intra-industrial externalities -- Urban systems, infrastructure and sustainable development -- Surface transportation impact on economic output -- Metropolitan city -- Health care, urban and rural residential patterns -- mega-cities -- urban economic development