Does Pollution Hinder Urban Competitiveness?

Does Pollution Hinder Urban Competitiveness?

This paper surveys the recent literature exploring the causes of urban pollution in the developing world and the implications of such pollution for a city's competitiveness. Within a system of cities, cities compete for jobs and people. Those...

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Main Authors: Kahn, Matthew E., Lozano-Gracia, Nancy, Soppelsa, Maria E.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
POLLUTION
URBANIZATION
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
URBAN COMPETITIVENESS
POLLUTION MANAGEMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/961131550092253676/Does-Pollution-Hinder-Urban-Competitiveness
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spelling okr-10986-312772021-12-21T12:22:03Z Does Pollution Hinder Urban Competitiveness? Kahn, Matthew E. Lozano-Gracia, Nancy Soppelsa, Maria E. POLLUTION URBANIZATION ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY URBAN COMPETITIVENESS POLLUTION MANAGEMENT This paper surveys the recent literature exploring the causes of urban pollution in the developing world and the implications of such pollution for a city's competitiveness. Within a system of cities, cities compete for jobs and people. Those cities that specialize in heavy industrial activity will gain from a manufacturing boom but are more likely to be polluted than a city that specializes in the service economy and one that makes investments in regulations to reduce the social costs of power generation, transportation, and household services. The paper explores three main questions. First, why does pollution inhibit urban competitiveness? Second, why is this effect likely to grow in importance over time? Third, why have cities been slow to adopt cost-effective regulatory strategies? 2019-02-14T18:15:06Z 2019-02-14T18:15:06Z 2019-02 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/961131550092253676/Does-Pollution-Hinder-Urban-Competitiveness http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31277 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8739 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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topic POLLUTION
URBANIZATION
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
URBAN COMPETITIVENESS
POLLUTION MANAGEMENT
spellingShingle POLLUTION
URBANIZATION
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
URBAN COMPETITIVENESS
POLLUTION MANAGEMENT
Kahn, Matthew E.
Lozano-Gracia, Nancy
Soppelsa, Maria E.
Does Pollution Hinder Urban Competitiveness?
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8739
description This paper surveys the recent literature exploring the causes of urban pollution in the developing world and the implications of such pollution for a city's competitiveness. Within a system of cities, cities compete for jobs and people. Those cities that specialize in heavy industrial activity will gain from a manufacturing boom but are more likely to be polluted than a city that specializes in the service economy and one that makes investments in regulations to reduce the social costs of power generation, transportation, and household services. The paper explores three main questions. First, why does pollution inhibit urban competitiveness? Second, why is this effect likely to grow in importance over time? Third, why have cities been slow to adopt cost-effective regulatory strategies?
format Working Paper
author Kahn, Matthew E.
Lozano-Gracia, Nancy
Soppelsa, Maria E.
author_facet Kahn, Matthew E.
Lozano-Gracia, Nancy
Soppelsa, Maria E.
author_sort Kahn, Matthew E.
title Does Pollution Hinder Urban Competitiveness?
title_short Does Pollution Hinder Urban Competitiveness?
title_full Does Pollution Hinder Urban Competitiveness?
title_fullStr Does Pollution Hinder Urban Competitiveness?
title_full_unstemmed Does Pollution Hinder Urban Competitiveness?
title_sort does pollution hinder urban competitiveness?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/961131550092253676/Does-Pollution-Hinder-Urban-Competitiveness
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31277
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