Analyzing Urban Systems : Have Megacities Become Too Large?

Analyzing Urban Systems : Have Megacities Become Too Large?

The trend toward ever greater urbanization continues unabated across the globe. According to the United Nations, by 2025 closes to 5 billion people will live in urban areas. Many cities, especially in the developing world, are set to explode in siz...

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Main Authors: Desmet, Klaus, Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
AIR POLLUTION
BIG CITIES
CITIES
CITY GOVERNMENTS
CITY PRODUCTIVITY
CITY SIZE
EMPLOYMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
HOUSING
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
LARGE CITIES
MEGACITIES
METROPOLITAN AREAS
MUNICIPAL LEVEL
MUNICIPALITIES
QUALITY OF LIFE
REGIONAL POLICIES
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
SCHOOLS
SEWERAGE
SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
TAX RATES
URBAN AREAS
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
URBAN LAND
URBAN MIGRATION
URBAN POLICIES
URBAN POLICY
URBANIZATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18868989/
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17590

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18868989/
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17590

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