Description: The Urban Imperative : Toward Shared Prosperity

The Urban Imperative : Toward Shared Prosperity

Urbanization is undoubtedly a key driver of development - cities provide the national platform for prosperity, job creation, and poverty reduction. But urbanization also poses enormous challenges that one is familiar with: congestion, air pollution...

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Main Authors:	Glaeser, Edward, Joshi-Ghani, Abha
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washingotn, DC 2014
Subjects:	AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGGLOMERATION BENEFITS AGGLOMERATION ECONOMICS AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES AIR AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY AUTOMOBILE BARRIERS TO ENTRY BASIC SERVICES BRIDGE CAR CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON TAX CARS CITIES CLIMATE CHANGE COAL COMMUNITIES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONGESTION CONGESTION CHARGING CONGESTION PRICING COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS CROWDING OUT DEREGULATION DIVISION OF LABOR DRIVERS DRIVING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMISTS ELECTRONIC ROAD PRICING EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURES EXTERNALITIES FARMS FLOOR AREA GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS HIGHWAY HIGHWAY LANES HIGHWAYS HOUSING AFFORDABILITY HOUSING FINANCE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN SETTLEMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LAND USE LAND-USE PLANNING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL PUBLIC SECTOR MEGACITIES METROPOLITAN AREAS MINES MOBILITY NATURAL RESOURCES NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOODS NEW TOWNS POLICE POLICY DECISIONS POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION DENSITIES POPULATION GROWTH PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC TRANSIT PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RAIL RAIL NETWORKS ROAD ROAD CONGESTION ROADS SAFE STREETS SANITATION SCHOOLS SIDE PAYMENTS SLUMS SOCIAL COSTS STREETS SUBSTANDARD HOUSING SUBURBS SUBWAY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX FUNDS TOLLS TRADEOFFS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRANSIT OPTIONS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT CORRIDORS TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING TRAVEL DISTANCES TRUE URBAN URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN CONCENTRATION URBAN CONGESTION URBAN CORE URBAN DESIGN URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN ECONOMICS URBAN ECONOMIES URBAN GROWTH URBAN HOUSING URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN LABOR URBAN LAND URBAN LIFE URBAN POLICIES URBAN POOR URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY URBAN PROBLEMS URBAN REGENERATION URBAN RESEARCH URBAN SERVICES URBAN SETTLEMENTS URBAN SPRAWL URBAN WORKERS URBANIZATION USER CHARGES USER FEES VEHICLE VEHICLE MILES WAGES WASTE WATER POLLUTION WEALTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18869240/ http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17581

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Summary:	Urbanization is undoubtedly a key driver of development - cities provide the national platform for prosperity, job creation, and poverty reduction. But urbanization also poses enormous challenges that one is familiar with: congestion, air pollution, social divisions, crime, the breakdown of public services and infrastructure, and the slums that one billion urban resident's call home. Urbanization is perhaps the single most important question in development today. It is clear that cities have not performed as well as can be expected in their transformative role for more livable, inclusive, people-centered, and sustainable development. But they have enormous potential as growth escalators, offering the opportunity to lift millions out of poverty, and serve as centers of knowledge, innovations, and entrepreneurship. Cities in both the developed and developing world want to attract more entrepreneurs and create more jobs. Cities also need to be resilient to natural hazards and the impacts of climate change. If these are left unaddressed, cities will become part of the problem rather than the solution.

The Urban Imperative : Toward Shared Prosperity

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