Trends : The Shifting Urban Economic Landscape, What Does It Mean for Cities?

Cities are the driving force of economic growth. According to the United Nations, more than half the world's people now live in urban areas - in towns and in cities of all sizes. By 2025, the urban population is expected to have grown by anoth...

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Main Authors:	Dobbs, Richard, Remes, Jaana
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES AIR AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME BANKS BUS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL MARKETS CAR CITIES CITY DEPARTMENTS CITY LEADERS CITY MANAGERS CITY SERVICES CONGESTION CONGESTION PRICING CONSUMER GOODS COUNTRYSIDE CRIME DATA SOURCES DEMAND FOR TRANSPORTATION DISPOSABLE INCOME DRIVERS DRIVING ECONOMIC CENTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIES OF SCALE EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS FLOOR SPACE FOOD POLICY FOOD SECURITY FUEL HOMES HOUSING HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS INCOME DISTRIBUTION INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIALIZATION INHABITANTS INNOVATIONS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS LANES LARGE CITIES LEARNING LOCAL GOVERNMENT MASS TRANSIT MATURITY MEGACITIES METROPOLITAN AREAS MOBILITY MOBILITY GAP MOBILITY RATES MUNICIPAL MUNICIPALITIES NATURAL RESOURCES NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOODS POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH PPPS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RAILROAD RAILWAY RAPID TRANSIT REGIONAL PLANNING RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS RESIDENTIAL DENSITY RIDERS ROUTE RURAL AREAS SANITATION SATELLITES SERVICE DELIVERY SEWAGE SEWAGE SYSTEMS SHELTER SHOPS SLUM SMART PLANNING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOURISM TOWNS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CONTROL TRAFFIC DELAYS TRAFFIC JAMS TRANSIT SYSTEM TRANSIT SYSTEMS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT DECISIONS TRANSPORT SYSTEMS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS TRUE UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN ECONOMIES URBAN ECONOMY URBAN GROWTH URBAN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN LIVING URBAN MANAGEMENT URBAN MIGRATION URBAN POOR URBAN POPULATION URBAN SPRAWL URBANIZATION UTILITIES VILLAGES WATER CONSUMPTION WATER DEMAND WEALTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18868584/trends-shifting-urban-economic-landscape-mean-cities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17589

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spelling	okr-10986-175892021-04-23T14:03:39Z Trends : The Shifting Urban Economic Landscape, What Does It Mean for Cities? Dobbs, Richard Remes, Jaana AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES AIR AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME BANKS BUS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL MARKETS CAR CITIES CITY DEPARTMENTS CITY LEADERS CITY MANAGERS CITY SERVICES CONGESTION CONGESTION PRICING CONSUMER GOODS COUNTRYSIDE CRIME DATA SOURCES DEMAND FOR TRANSPORTATION DISPOSABLE INCOME DRIVERS DRIVING ECONOMIC CENTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIES OF SCALE EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS FLOOR SPACE FOOD POLICY FOOD SECURITY FUEL HOMES HOUSING HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS INCOME DISTRIBUTION INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIALIZATION INHABITANTS INNOVATIONS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS LANES LARGE CITIES LEARNING LOCAL GOVERNMENT MASS TRANSIT MATURITY MEGACITIES METROPOLITAN AREAS MOBILITY MOBILITY GAP MOBILITY RATES MUNICIPAL MUNICIPALITIES NATURAL RESOURCES NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOODS POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH PPPS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RAILROAD RAILWAY RAPID TRANSIT REGIONAL PLANNING RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS RESIDENTIAL DENSITY RIDERS ROUTE RURAL AREAS SANITATION SATELLITES SERVICE DELIVERY SEWAGE SEWAGE SYSTEMS SHELTER SHOPS SLUM SMART PLANNING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOURISM TOWNS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CONTROL TRAFFIC DELAYS TRAFFIC JAMS TRANSIT SYSTEM TRANSIT SYSTEMS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT DECISIONS TRANSPORT SYSTEMS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS TRUE UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN ECONOMIES URBAN ECONOMY URBAN GROWTH URBAN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN LIVING URBAN MANAGEMENT URBAN MIGRATION URBAN POOR URBAN POPULATION URBAN SPRAWL URBANIZATION UTILITIES VILLAGES WATER CONSUMPTION WATER DEMAND WEALTH Cities are the driving force of economic growth. According to the United Nations, more than half the world's people now live in urban areas - in towns and in cities of all sizes. By 2025, the urban population is expected to have grown by another billion people, a huge majority of them in developing countries. At that point, 2.5 billion people - more than half the world's urban population will likely live in the burgeoning cities of Asia. China is expected to have more than triple, and India double, the number of urbanites in the United States today. Urbanization is not new. For centuries, people have packed up and moved from their rural homes in search of better-paid urban livelihoods. But today's urban shift is unprecedented in scale and speed. It is no hyperbole to say that one is amid the most significant economic transformation the world has ever seen. 2014-04-02T19:41:44Z 2014-04-02T19:41:44Z 2013-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18868584/trends-shifting-urban-economic-landscape-mean-cities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17589 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic	AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES AIR AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME BANKS BUS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL MARKETS CAR CITIES CITY DEPARTMENTS CITY LEADERS CITY MANAGERS CITY SERVICES CONGESTION CONGESTION PRICING CONSUMER GOODS COUNTRYSIDE CRIME DATA SOURCES DEMAND FOR TRANSPORTATION DISPOSABLE INCOME DRIVERS DRIVING ECONOMIC CENTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIES OF SCALE EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS FLOOR SPACE FOOD POLICY FOOD SECURITY FUEL HOMES HOUSING HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS INCOME DISTRIBUTION INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIALIZATION INHABITANTS INNOVATIONS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS LANES LARGE CITIES LEARNING LOCAL GOVERNMENT MASS TRANSIT MATURITY MEGACITIES METROPOLITAN AREAS MOBILITY MOBILITY GAP MOBILITY RATES MUNICIPAL MUNICIPALITIES NATURAL RESOURCES NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOODS POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH PPPS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RAILROAD RAILWAY RAPID TRANSIT REGIONAL PLANNING RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS RESIDENTIAL DENSITY RIDERS ROUTE RURAL AREAS SANITATION SATELLITES SERVICE DELIVERY SEWAGE SEWAGE SYSTEMS SHELTER SHOPS SLUM SMART PLANNING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOURISM TOWNS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CONTROL TRAFFIC DELAYS TRAFFIC JAMS TRANSIT SYSTEM TRANSIT SYSTEMS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT DECISIONS TRANSPORT SYSTEMS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS TRUE UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN ECONOMIES URBAN ECONOMY URBAN GROWTH URBAN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN LIVING URBAN MANAGEMENT URBAN MIGRATION URBAN POOR URBAN POPULATION URBAN SPRAWL URBANIZATION UTILITIES VILLAGES WATER CONSUMPTION WATER DEMAND WEALTH
spellingShingle	AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES AIR AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME BANKS BUS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL MARKETS CAR CITIES CITY DEPARTMENTS CITY LEADERS CITY MANAGERS CITY SERVICES CONGESTION CONGESTION PRICING CONSUMER GOODS COUNTRYSIDE CRIME DATA SOURCES DEMAND FOR TRANSPORTATION DISPOSABLE INCOME DRIVERS DRIVING ECONOMIC CENTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIES OF SCALE EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS FLOOR SPACE FOOD POLICY FOOD SECURITY FUEL HOMES HOUSING HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS INCOME DISTRIBUTION INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIALIZATION INHABITANTS INNOVATIONS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS LANES LARGE CITIES LEARNING LOCAL GOVERNMENT MASS TRANSIT MATURITY MEGACITIES METROPOLITAN AREAS MOBILITY MOBILITY GAP MOBILITY RATES MUNICIPAL MUNICIPALITIES NATURAL RESOURCES NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOODS POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH PPPS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RAILROAD RAILWAY RAPID TRANSIT REGIONAL PLANNING RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS RESIDENTIAL DENSITY RIDERS ROUTE RURAL AREAS SANITATION SATELLITES SERVICE DELIVERY SEWAGE SEWAGE SYSTEMS SHELTER SHOPS SLUM SMART PLANNING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOURISM TOWNS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CONTROL TRAFFIC DELAYS TRAFFIC JAMS TRANSIT SYSTEM TRANSIT SYSTEMS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT DECISIONS TRANSPORT SYSTEMS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS TRUE UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN ECONOMIES URBAN ECONOMY URBAN GROWTH URBAN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN LIVING URBAN MANAGEMENT URBAN MIGRATION URBAN POOR URBAN POPULATION URBAN SPRAWL URBANIZATION UTILITIES VILLAGES WATER CONSUMPTION WATER DEMAND WEALTH Dobbs, Richard Remes, Jaana Trends : The Shifting Urban Economic Landscape, What Does It Mean for Cities?
description	Cities are the driving force of economic growth. According to the United Nations, more than half the world's people now live in urban areas - in towns and in cities of all sizes. By 2025, the urban population is expected to have grown by another billion people, a huge majority of them in developing countries. At that point, 2.5 billion people - more than half the world's urban population will likely live in the burgeoning cities of Asia. China is expected to have more than triple, and India double, the number of urbanites in the United States today. Urbanization is not new. For centuries, people have packed up and moved from their rural homes in search of better-paid urban livelihoods. But today's urban shift is unprecedented in scale and speed. It is no hyperbole to say that one is amid the most significant economic transformation the world has ever seen.
format	Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author	Dobbs, Richard Remes, Jaana
author_facet	Dobbs, Richard Remes, Jaana
author_sort	Dobbs, Richard
title	Trends : The Shifting Urban Economic Landscape, What Does It Mean for Cities?
title_short	Trends : The Shifting Urban Economic Landscape, What Does It Mean for Cities?
title_full	Trends : The Shifting Urban Economic Landscape, What Does It Mean for Cities?
title_fullStr	Trends : The Shifting Urban Economic Landscape, What Does It Mean for Cities?
title_full_unstemmed	Trends : The Shifting Urban Economic Landscape, What Does It Mean for Cities?
title_sort	trends : the shifting urban economic landscape, what does it mean for cities?
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18868584/trends-shifting-urban-economic-landscape-mean-cities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17589
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