Reshaping Urbanization in Rwanda : Urbanization and the Evolution of Rwanda’s Urban Landscape

The objective of this report is to inform the government’s policies and strategies on urbanization as a driver of economic development, job creation, and poverty reduction. Note 1 examines Rwanda’s urbanization process since 2002 by analyzing satel...

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Main Author:	World Bank Group
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Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	URBANIZATION URBAN GROWTH POLICY LIVING STANDARDS CONNECTIVITY SPATIAL ECONOMY
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spelling	okr-10986-290812021-05-25T09:09:15Z Reshaping Urbanization in Rwanda : Urbanization and the Evolution of Rwanda’s Urban Landscape World Bank Group URBANIZATION URBAN GROWTH POLICY LIVING STANDARDS CONNECTIVITY SPATIAL ECONOMY The objective of this report is to inform the government’s policies and strategies on urbanization as a driver of economic development, job creation, and poverty reduction. Note 1 examines Rwanda’s urbanization process since 2002 by analyzing satellite images and other sources. This note presents and analyses the core features and trends of Rwanda’s urbanization process. In the first part, it lays out the overall trends in Rwanda’s levels of urbanization and the primary trends in urban expansion of Rwanda’s key cities, and presents central legal and institutional elements that influence and inform the dynamics of urbanization. Second, it analyses the characteristics and spatial economy of the urban system. Third, it provides an analysis of key characteristics of connectivity of the urban system, domestically and with perspectives to regional connectivity. Last, the note lays out a set of policy implications. 2017-12-28T16:01:42Z 2017-12-28T16:01:42Z 2017-12-07 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/875101513836698339/Reshaping-urbanization-in-Rwanda-economic-and-spatial-trends-and-proposals-note-1-urbanization-and-the-evolution-of-Rwanda-s-urban-landscape http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29081 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Urban Study Economic & Sector Work Africa Rwanda
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description	The objective of this report is to inform the government’s policies and strategies on urbanization as a driver of economic development, job creation, and poverty reduction. Note 1 examines Rwanda’s urbanization process since 2002 by analyzing satellite images and other sources. This note presents and analyses the core features and trends of Rwanda’s urbanization process. In the first part, it lays out the overall trends in Rwanda’s levels of urbanization and the primary trends in urban expansion of Rwanda’s key cities, and presents central legal and institutional elements that influence and inform the dynamics of urbanization. Second, it analyses the characteristics and spatial economy of the urban system. Third, it provides an analysis of key characteristics of connectivity of the urban system, domestically and with perspectives to regional connectivity. Last, the note lays out a set of policy implications.
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title	Reshaping Urbanization in Rwanda : Urbanization and the Evolution of Rwanda’s Urban Landscape
title_short	Reshaping Urbanization in Rwanda : Urbanization and the Evolution of Rwanda’s Urban Landscape
title_full	Reshaping Urbanization in Rwanda : Urbanization and the Evolution of Rwanda’s Urban Landscape
title_fullStr	Reshaping Urbanization in Rwanda : Urbanization and the Evolution of Rwanda’s Urban Landscape
title_full_unstemmed	Reshaping Urbanization in Rwanda : Urbanization and the Evolution of Rwanda’s Urban Landscape
title_sort	reshaping urbanization in rwanda : urbanization and the evolution of rwanda’s urban landscape
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/875101513836698339/Reshaping-urbanization-in-Rwanda-economic-and-spatial-trends-and-proposals-note-1-urbanization-and-the-evolution-of-Rwanda-s-urban-landscape http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29081
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