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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Main Author:	Yusuf, Shahid
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	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
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/7716197/urban-mega-regions-knowns-unknowns http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7406

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7406

About Urban Mega Regions : Knowns and Unknowns

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