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Overview -- 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 pollutio...

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Main Authors:	Glaeser, Edward, Joshi-Ghani, Abha
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, 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 RISK MANAGEMENT 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/2014/05/19540513/overview-urban-imperative-toward-shared-prosperity-overview-urban-imperative-toward-shared-prosperity http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18804

Overview -- The Urban Imperative : Toward Shared Prosperity

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