Pollution and City Competitiveness : A Descriptive Analysis

Pollution and City Competitiveness : A Descriptive Analysis

As cities grow, the negative effects of congestion start to play their part, often affecting the cities' ability to become and remain competitive. Although many studies have focused on these negative effects, the links between pollution and ci...

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Main Authors: Lozano-Gracia, Nancy, Soppelsa, Maria E.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
POLLUTION
CONGESTION
CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
URBAN COMPETITIVENESS
AIR POLLUTION
URBANIZATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/115861550150961022/Pollution-and-City-Competitiveness-a-Descriptive-Analysis
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spelling okr-10986-312782022-05-21T06:15:04Z Pollution and City Competitiveness : A Descriptive Analysis Lozano-Gracia, Nancy Soppelsa, Maria E. POLLUTION CONGESTION CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY URBAN COMPETITIVENESS AIR POLLUTION URBANIZATION As cities grow, the negative effects of congestion start to play their part, often affecting the cities' ability to become and remain competitive. Although many studies have focused on these negative effects, the links between pollution and city competitiveness are less explored. This paper focuses on this relationship, particularly the links between air pollution and city growth, and how it correlates with city competitiveness. Although high-income cities are usually better at managing pollution, the paper finds successful examples of fast-growing, lower-income cities that are able to tackle this issue. The evidence shows that cities can be competitive and still manage pollution, as long as they have a proactive attitude and focus on developing a green agenda to support this journey. 2019-02-14T19:07:08Z 2019-02-14T19:07:08Z 2019-02 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/115861550150961022/Pollution-and-City-Competitiveness-a-Descriptive-Analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31278 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8740 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
CONGESTION
CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
URBAN COMPETITIVENESS
AIR POLLUTION
URBANIZATION
spellingShingle POLLUTION
CONGESTION
CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
URBAN COMPETITIVENESS
AIR POLLUTION
URBANIZATION
Lozano-Gracia, Nancy
Soppelsa, Maria E.
Pollution and City Competitiveness : A Descriptive Analysis
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8740
description As cities grow, the negative effects of congestion start to play their part, often affecting the cities' ability to become and remain competitive. Although many studies have focused on these negative effects, the links between pollution and city competitiveness are less explored. This paper focuses on this relationship, particularly the links between air pollution and city growth, and how it correlates with city competitiveness. Although high-income cities are usually better at managing pollution, the paper finds successful examples of fast-growing, lower-income cities that are able to tackle this issue. The evidence shows that cities can be competitive and still manage pollution, as long as they have a proactive attitude and focus on developing a green agenda to support this journey.
format Working Paper
author Lozano-Gracia, Nancy
Soppelsa, Maria E.
author_facet Lozano-Gracia, Nancy
Soppelsa, Maria E.
author_sort Lozano-Gracia, Nancy
title Pollution and City Competitiveness : A Descriptive Analysis
title_short Pollution and City Competitiveness : A Descriptive Analysis
title_full Pollution and City Competitiveness : A Descriptive Analysis
title_fullStr Pollution and City Competitiveness : A Descriptive Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Pollution and City Competitiveness : A Descriptive Analysis
title_sort pollution and city competitiveness : a descriptive analysis
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/115861550150961022/Pollution-and-City-Competitiveness-a-Descriptive-Analysis
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31278
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