Leveraging Urbanization in South Asia : Managing Spatial Transformation for Prosperity and Livability

The number of people in South Asia's cities rose by 130 million between 2000 and 2011--more than the entire population of Japan. This was linked to an improvement in productivity and a reduction in the incidence of extreme poverty. But the region's cities have struggled to cope with the pr...

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Main Authors:	Ellis, Peter, Roberts, Mark
Format:	Book
Language:	en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2015
Subjects:	agglomeration congestion connectivity housing infrastructure livability population prosperity resilience
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22549

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spelling	okr-10986-225492021-04-23T14:04:09Z Leveraging Urbanization in South Asia : Managing Spatial Transformation for Prosperity and Livability Ellis, Peter Roberts, Mark agglomeration congestion connectivity housing infrastructure livability population prosperity resilience The number of people in South Asia's cities rose by 130 million between 2000 and 2011--more than the entire population of Japan. This was linked to an improvement in productivity and a reduction in the incidence of extreme poverty. But the region's cities have struggled to cope with the pressure of population growth on land, housing, infrastructure, basic services, and the environment. As a result, urbanization in South Asia remains underleveraged in its ability to deliver widespread improvements in both prosperity and livability. Leveraging Urbanization in South Asia is about the state of South Asia's urbanization and the market and policy failures that have taken the region’s urban areas to where they are today--and the hard policy actions needed if the region’s cities are to leverage urbanization better. This publication provides original empirical and diagnostic analysis of urbanization and related economic trends in the region. It also discusses in detail the key policy areas, the most fundamental being urban governance and finance, where actions must be taken to make cities more prosperous and livable. 2015-08-27T18:23:19Z 2015-08-27T18:23:19Z 2016 Book 978-1-4648-0662-9 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22549 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication South Asia South Asia Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
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description	The number of people in South Asia's cities rose by 130 million between 2000 and 2011--more than the entire population of Japan. This was linked to an improvement in productivity and a reduction in the incidence of extreme poverty. But the region's cities have struggled to cope with the pressure of population growth on land, housing, infrastructure, basic services, and the environment. As a result, urbanization in South Asia remains underleveraged in its ability to deliver widespread improvements in both prosperity and livability. Leveraging Urbanization in South Asia is about the state of South Asia's urbanization and the market and policy failures that have taken the region’s urban areas to where they are today--and the hard policy actions needed if the region’s cities are to leverage urbanization better. This publication provides original empirical and diagnostic analysis of urbanization and related economic trends in the region. It also discusses in detail the key policy areas, the most fundamental being urban governance and finance, where actions must be taken to make cities more prosperous and livable.
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author	Ellis, Peter Roberts, Mark
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title	Leveraging Urbanization in South Asia : Managing Spatial Transformation for Prosperity and Livability
title_short	Leveraging Urbanization in South Asia : Managing Spatial Transformation for Prosperity and Livability
title_full	Leveraging Urbanization in South Asia : Managing Spatial Transformation for Prosperity and Livability
title_fullStr	Leveraging Urbanization in South Asia : Managing Spatial Transformation for Prosperity and Livability
title_full_unstemmed	Leveraging Urbanization in South Asia : Managing Spatial Transformation for Prosperity and Livability
title_sort	leveraging urbanization in south asia : managing spatial transformation for prosperity and livability
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