The rise of the city : spatial dynamics in the urban century / edited by Karima Kourtit, department of urban planning and environment, School of Architecture and Built Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden and Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland ; Peter Nijkamp, professor of regional, urban and environmental economics, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland and Roger R. Stough, School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs, George Mason University, USA