Holdings: Urbanization and the Geography of Development

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Urbanization and the Geography of Development

This paper focuses on several interrelated key questions on the geography of development. Although we herald cities with their industrial bases as 'engines of growth,' does industrialization in fact drive urbanization?1 What economic acti...

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Main Author:	Henderson, J. Vernon
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CAPITAL ACCOUNTING AGGLOMERATION BENEFITS AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES AIRCRAFT AUTOMOBILE AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION AUTOMOBILES BANK PRIVATIZATION BARRIOS BIG CITIES BUSINESS SERVICES CAPITAL CITIES CAPITAL MARKETS CAPITALS CARS CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT CITIES CITY DEVELOPMENT CITY DISTRICTS CITY INDUSTRIES CITY LEADERS CITY PLANNING CITY PRODUCTIVITY CITY SIZE COMMERCIAL BANKS COMPANY TOWNS COST OF TRANSPORT DECENTRALIZATION DIESEL DIESEL FUEL ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF VEHICLE TRAVEL EXTERNALITIES FACTORING FINANCIAL SERVICES FISCAL AUTONOMY FUEL FUEL PRICES HIGH TRANSPORT HIGHWAY HIGHWAYS HOUSING IMPACT OF TRANSPORT INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE INDUSTRIALIZATION INDUSTRIALIZATION PROCESS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INSPECTION INSURANCE INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS LABOR COSTS LABOR MARKETS LAND DEVELOPMENT LAND MARKETS LAND TITLING LARGE CITIES LAWS LEVEL PLAYING FIELD LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL PUBLIC SECTOR MARKET DISCIPLINE MEGACITIES METROPOLITAN AREAS MOBILITY MONIES NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM NATURAL RESOURCES NEIGHBORHOODS NET LOSSES POPULATION GROWTH PRICE CHANGE PRIVATE BANKS PRIVATE VENDORS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SERVICE PROVISION PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC UTILITIES QUALITY OF LIFE RAIL RAIL NODES RAIL TRANSPORT RAILWAY RAILWAYS REAL ESTATE MARKETS REGIONAL BANKS REGULATORY SYSTEMS REORGANIZATION RING ROADS ROAD ROAD NETWORK SERVICE CENTERS SERVICE PROVISION SOCIAL TENSION SPRAWL SUBURBAN AREAS SUBURBAN RAIL SUBURBS TAX TENURE SECURITY TOWN GOVERNMENTS TOWNS TRADE FLOWS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ACCESS TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT INVESTMENT TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE TRAVEL COSTS UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN URBAN AREAS URBAN BIAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN CONCENTRATION URBAN CONGESTION URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN ECONOMICS URBAN ENVIRONMENTS URBAN FRINGE URBAN GROWTH URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN LAND URBAN MIGRATION URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATION GROWTH URBAN RESEARCH URBAN SECTOR URBAN SPRAWL URBAN STRUCTURE URBAN TRANSFORMATION URBANIZATION URBANIZATION PROCESS VEHICLE VEHICLE TRAVEL COSTS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18868785/urbanization-geography-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17588

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18868785/urbanization-geography-development
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17588