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Urban population by city size is determined by population density and commuting patterns; this better reflects the economic function of cities in addition to their administrative boundaries. Urban areas in OECD countries are classified as: large metropolitan areas if they have a population of...
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Urban areas are now home to more than half the population of OECD countries. Megacities like Tokyo with more than 35 million people and Mexico with about 18.5 million, and large agglomerations such as Montreal, Helsinki, Madrid and Stockholm are often called "engines of national growth." They...
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This report compares urbanisation trends in OECD countries on the basis of a newly defined OECD methodology which … urbanisation dynamics and prospects in China and South Africa and the governance challenges resulting from the new policy agenda on …
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The report provides an outline of recent and likely future urbanisation trends and discusses the consequences. The … world is in the middle of an urbanisation process that will cause urbanisation rates to rise from low double digit rates to … source of economic prosperity and offer amenities that benefit their residents. It concludes that urbanisation is a process …
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Urban areas represent an important part of the national economy and feature higher GDP per capita and productivity levels than their country’s average. But they also harbour large pockets of unemployment and poverty and suffer from problems such as congestion, pollution and crime. This book...
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Die Metropolregion Hamburg (MRH) ist mit etwa 8% der Landesfläche die zweitgrößte Metropolregion in Deutschland. Der erste OECD-Bericht zur Regionalentwicklung, der sich mit Deutschland befasst, untersucht die MRH unter dem Blickwinkel ihrer Wettbewerbs- und Innovationsfähigkeit sowie einer...
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