About Urban Mega Regions : Knowns and Unknowns
Mega urban regions are not a passing phenomenon. They are likely to persist and to enlarge their economic footprints because they benefit from the advantages of market scale, agglomeration economies, location, and the increasing concentration of ta...
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ACCESS TO CAPITAL AGE DISTRIBUTION AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES AIR AIR CONDITIONING AIR POLLUTION ALTERNATIVE ENERGY BIOTECHNOLOGY BLUEPRINT BUS BUSINESS SERVICES CAPITAL CITIES CAPITAL MARKETS CITIES COLLABORATION COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT CONGESTION CONGESTION COSTS CONSULTING SERVICES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT ENERGY SOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION EQUIPMENT FEED FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FUTURE GROWTH GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION RESTRICTIONS INCOMES INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDUSTRIALIZATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS INTERNATIONALIZATION KINSHIP KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY KNOWLEDGE GENERATION KNOWLEDGE WORKERS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABORATORIES LARGE CITIES LEARNING LIFE SCIENCES LITERATURE MARKETING MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIXED USE NATIONAL BORDERS NEIGHBORHOODS NUMBER OF WORKERS PAPERS POINT OF DEPARTURE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL SUPPORT POLLUTION POLYTECHNICS POPULATION RESEARCH POPULATION SIZE PROGRESS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS PUSH FACTORS QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY OF LIFE R&D RAIL RATES OF GROWTH RESEARCH CENTERS RESEARCH INSTITUTES RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES RESEARCHERS RESPECT ROAD ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD USER SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE SCIENTIST SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SERVICES SOLAR POWER STATE UNIVERSITY SUBURBS SURFACE TRANSPORT TAX TECHNICAL SKILLS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TERTIARY LEVEL TEXTILES TRAFFIC TRAINING INSTITUTIONS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT ENGINEERING TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY URBANIZATION WATER RESOURCES WORKFORCE |
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ACCESS TO CAPITAL AGE DISTRIBUTION AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES AIR AIR CONDITIONING AIR POLLUTION ALTERNATIVE ENERGY BIOTECHNOLOGY BLUEPRINT BUS BUSINESS SERVICES CAPITAL CITIES CAPITAL MARKETS CITIES COLLABORATION COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT CONGESTION CONGESTION COSTS CONSULTING SERVICES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT ENERGY SOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION EQUIPMENT FEED FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FUTURE GROWTH GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION RESTRICTIONS INCOMES INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDUSTRIALIZATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS INTERNATIONALIZATION KINSHIP KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY KNOWLEDGE GENERATION KNOWLEDGE WORKERS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABORATORIES LARGE CITIES LEARNING LIFE SCIENCES LITERATURE MARKETING MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIXED USE NATIONAL BORDERS NEIGHBORHOODS NUMBER OF WORKERS PAPERS POINT OF DEPARTURE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL SUPPORT POLLUTION POLYTECHNICS POPULATION RESEARCH POPULATION SIZE PROGRESS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS PUSH FACTORS QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY OF LIFE R&D RAIL RATES OF GROWTH RESEARCH CENTERS RESEARCH INSTITUTES RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES RESEARCHERS RESPECT ROAD ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD USER SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE SCIENTIST SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SERVICES SOLAR POWER STATE UNIVERSITY SUBURBS SURFACE TRANSPORT TAX TECHNICAL SKILLS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TERTIARY LEVEL TEXTILES TRAFFIC TRAINING INSTITUTIONS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT ENGINEERING TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY URBANIZATION WATER RESOURCES WORKFORCE Yusuf, Shahid About Urban Mega Regions : Knowns and Unknowns |
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East Asia and Pacific |
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Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4252 |
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Mega urban regions are not a passing
phenomenon. They are likely to persist and to enlarge their
economic footprints because they benefit from the advantages
of market scale, agglomeration economies, location, and the
increasing concentration of talented workers. Metropolitan
regions which are polycentric, relatively well managed, and
have invested heavily in transport infrastructure are able
to contain some of the problems attendant upon a
concentration of people and industry. Moreover, with energy
and water resources becoming relatively scarce and many
countries anxious to preserve arable land for farming, the
economic advantages of densely populated urban areas are on
the rise because they have a lower resource utilization
quotient. During the next 15 years, mega urban economies
could coalesce in three Southeast Asian locations: Bangkok,
Jakarta, and the Singapore-Iskander Development Region (IDR,
South Johor). The Bangkok and Jakarta (Jabotabek)
metropolitan regions have passed the threshold at least in
terms of population size but they have yet to approach the
industrial diversity, dynamism, and growth rates of a
Shanghai or a Shenzhen-Hong Kong region. Singapore, if
coupled with IDR, has the potential but it is still far from
being an integrated urban region. This paper examines the
gains from closer economic integration and the issues to be
settled before it could occur. The paper notes that a
tightening of localized economic links between two sovereign
nations through the formation of an urban region would
involve a readiness to make long-term political commitments
based on a widely perceived sense of substantial spillovers
and equitably shared benefits. Delineating these benefits
convincingly will be essential to winning political support
and a precondition for a successful economic flowering. |
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About Urban Mega Regions : Knowns and Unknowns |
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About Urban Mega Regions : Knowns and Unknowns |
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About Urban Mega Regions : Knowns and Unknowns |
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About Urban Mega Regions : Knowns and Unknowns |
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About Urban Mega Regions : Knowns and Unknowns |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-74062021-04-23T14:02:33Z About Urban Mega Regions : Knowns and Unknowns Yusuf, Shahid ACCESS TO CAPITAL AGE DISTRIBUTION AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES AIR AIR CONDITIONING AIR POLLUTION ALTERNATIVE ENERGY BIOTECHNOLOGY BLUEPRINT BUS BUSINESS SERVICES CAPITAL CITIES CAPITAL MARKETS CITIES COLLABORATION COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT CONGESTION CONGESTION COSTS CONSULTING SERVICES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT ENERGY SOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION EQUIPMENT FEED FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FUTURE GROWTH GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION RESTRICTIONS INCOMES INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDUSTRIALIZATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS INTERNATIONALIZATION KINSHIP KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY KNOWLEDGE GENERATION KNOWLEDGE WORKERS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABORATORIES LARGE CITIES LEARNING LIFE SCIENCES LITERATURE MARKETING MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIXED USE NATIONAL BORDERS NEIGHBORHOODS NUMBER OF WORKERS PAPERS POINT OF DEPARTURE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL SUPPORT POLLUTION POLYTECHNICS POPULATION RESEARCH POPULATION SIZE PROGRESS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS PUSH FACTORS QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY OF LIFE R&D RAIL RATES OF GROWTH RESEARCH CENTERS RESEARCH INSTITUTES RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES RESEARCHERS RESPECT ROAD ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD USER SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE SCIENTIST SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SERVICES SOLAR POWER STATE UNIVERSITY SUBURBS SURFACE TRANSPORT TAX TECHNICAL SKILLS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TERTIARY LEVEL TEXTILES TRAFFIC TRAINING INSTITUTIONS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT ENGINEERING TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY URBANIZATION WATER RESOURCES WORKFORCE Mega urban regions are not a passing phenomenon. They are likely to persist and to enlarge their economic footprints because they benefit from the advantages of market scale, agglomeration economies, location, and the increasing concentration of talented workers. Metropolitan regions which are polycentric, relatively well managed, and have invested heavily in transport infrastructure are able to contain some of the problems attendant upon a concentration of people and industry. Moreover, with energy and water resources becoming relatively scarce and many countries anxious to preserve arable land for farming, the economic advantages of densely populated urban areas are on the rise because they have a lower resource utilization quotient. During the next 15 years, mega urban economies could coalesce in three Southeast Asian locations: Bangkok, Jakarta, and the Singapore-Iskander Development Region (IDR, South Johor). The Bangkok and Jakarta (Jabotabek) metropolitan regions have passed the threshold at least in terms of population size but they have yet to approach the industrial diversity, dynamism, and growth rates of a Shanghai or a Shenzhen-Hong Kong region. Singapore, if coupled with IDR, has the potential but it is still far from being an integrated urban region. This paper examines the gains from closer economic integration and the issues to be settled before it could occur. The paper notes that a tightening of localized economic links between two sovereign nations through the formation of an urban region would involve a readiness to make long-term political commitments based on a widely perceived sense of substantial spillovers and equitably shared benefits. Delineating these benefits convincingly will be essential to winning political support and a precondition for a successful economic flowering. 2012-06-07T15:50:18Z 2012-06-07T15:50:18Z 2007-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/7716197/urban-mega-regions-knowns-unknowns http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7406 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4252 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific |