The case study was based on an actual demonstration project in a new development zone of a municipality city in China.
Total population and area of each municipality (city, town or village) were obtained from the national survey data, and population density was calculated for each municipality.
Interventions could be implemented at a national level, regional level (in part of a country), or local level (in a municipality, city, suburb or village).
Data on population in 2010 and area of inhabitable land of each municipality (city, town or village) were obtained from the National Population Census Survey conducted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan.
Household demographics included: household income (<$60K, >$60K), number of licensed drivers, number of cars owned, primary language spoken at home (English vs. other), distance from school (<1 km, 1-2 km), and place of residence, at the scale of the city or regional municipality (City of Toronto, City of Hamilton, Region of Peel, and the combined regions of Durham, Halton and York).
"While municipalities, cities and states around the nation are cutting police, we're having a debate over how many we're going to hire".
The young Moses was a political savant with the vision to operate beyond the boundaries of municipalities, cities and bureaucracies and get big things done.
"With municipalities, cities and educational institutions, you have property taxes, license fees, tag fees and other revenue sources," he says.
For large municipalities (cities), this is not without reason, since they are more vulnerable to climate change-related impacts (e.g., 'urban heat stress').
China's recent boom in scientific research and development is especially evident in its four municipalities: cities that are effectively their own province, administered directly by the central government.
