Urbanization in Developing Countries

The rapid urbanization in many developing countries over the past half century seems to have been accompanied by excessively high levels of concentration of the urban population in very large cities. Some degree of urban concentration may be desira...

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Main Author:	Vernon Henderson
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank 2013
Subjects:	ACCESSIBILITY ACCOUNTING AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES AIR AIR POLLUTION ARTERIAL ROADS AUTONOMY BANKING SERVICES BIG CITIES BOTTLENECKS BUSINESS SERVICES CAPITAL CITIES CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CAPITAL MARKETS CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT CENTRAL CITIES CITY SIZE CIVIL SERVICE CONGESTION COSTS COST OF CAPITAL COST OF LIVING CREDITWORTHINESS DECENTRALIZATION DECONCENTRATION ECONOMETRIC EVIDENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURES EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SERVICES FISCAL AUTONOMY FISCAL CENTRALIZATION FOOD PROCESSING FREIGHT GOOD TRANSPORT HEALTH SERVICES HIGHWAY HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION HIGHWAYS HOUSING INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL LOCATION INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT INDUSTRIAL PARKS INDUSTRIALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INSURANCE INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS LABOR COSTS LABOR MARKETS LAND DEVELOPMENT LAND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS LAND MARKETS LAND USE LARGE CITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MEGA CITIES MEGACITIES METROPOLITAN AREAS METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES MIGRATION MOTOR VEHICLES NEIGHBORHOODS NOISE NOISE POLLUTION POOR AIR QUALITY POPULATION GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY PROVISION OF SERVICES PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC WORKS QUALITY OF LIFE QUALITY OF URBAN LIFE RAIL RAIL TRANSIT REVENUE SOURCES ROAD ROAD QUALITY ROADS SATELLITE TOWNS SECURITY SERVICES SERVICE CENTERS SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE SECTOR SEWAGE SEWERAGE SINKING FUNDS SUBURBAN AREAS SUBURBS TAX TOLL TOLL ROADS TOWNS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT TRANSPORT INDUSTRIES TRANSPORT SERVICES TRUE URBAN URBAN AGGLOMERATION URBAN AREAS URBAN BIAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN CONCENTRATION URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN ECONOMICS URBAN GROWTH URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN INSTITUTIONS URBAN LAND URBAN LIFE URBAN PLANNING URBAN POPULATION URBAN PUBLIC FINANCE URBAN RESIDENTS URBAN SPRAWL URBANIZATION URBANIZATION PROCESS UTILITIES WAGES WASTE DISPOSAL WATER POLLUTION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/17592025/urbanization-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16420

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Urbanization in Developing Countries

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