In this (introductory) paper, we present i) some basic figures about the rise of cities in the developing world, and ii … cities of the developing world in the 21st century to the frontline, hoping to motivate further and much needed research. …

data for 112 major cities between 2001 and 2004. Using disaggregated data we separate FDI inflows from Hong Kong, Macao and …

In this (introductory) paper, we present i) some basic figures about the rise of cities in the developing world, and ii … cities of the developing world in the 21st century to the frontline, hoping to motivate further and much needed research. …

enacted by voters. We explore four main issues related to sustainability and environmental quality in cities. First, we … households locate within a city. We then analyze how ongoing suburbanization affects the carbon footprint of cities. Third, we … explore how the system of cities is affected by urban environmental amenity dynamics and we explore the causes of these …

data for 112 major cities between 2001 and 2004. Using disaggregated data we separate FDI inflows from Hong Kong, Macao and …

models that capture these first and second nature economic geographies. The presence of increasing returns to scale in cities …

data for 112 major cities between 2001 and 2004. Using disaggregated data we separate FDI inflows from Hong Kong, Macao and …

nearly double from 377 million today to over 600 million. Indian cities already contribute an estimated two-thirds of India … urbanization are unsustainably high. Deep existing deficits in basic urban services such as housing, transit, water, sanitation and …

urbanization occurs sooner in places with higher agricultural potential and comparatively lower transport costs, using worldwide … thresholds of urbanization. Controlling for unobserved heterogeneity across countries through fixed effects and using a variety … of spatial econometric techniques, we find a robust association between earlier urbanization and agro …