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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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/961131550092253676/Does-Pollution-Hinder-Urban-Competitiveness http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31277 |
| Summary: | 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? |
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