Analyzing Urban Systems : Have Megacities Become Too Large?

The trend toward ever greater urbanization continues unabated across the globe. According to the United Nations, by 2025 closes to 5 billion people will live in urban areas. Many cities, especially in the developing world, are set to explode in siz...

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Main Authors: Desmet, Klaus, Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19540019/analyzing-urban-systems-megacities-too-large
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18742