Showing 1 - 10 of 2,683
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000422189
This paper examines urbanization trends, the growth of Colombo and its present state of development. It looks at the approaches to the planned interventions in the city and demonstrates how a uni-directional urban development has had a detrimental impact upon healthy growth and quality of life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008661792
This paper presents a theoretical approach to solve the main problems faced to explain the relationship between aggregate economic growth and the urban structure. The most significant conclusion reached is that there is a theoretical relationship between aggregate economic growth and urban...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011540114
India is at the cusp of a major urban transition. In less than twenty years, India's urban population is expected to nearly double from 377 million today to over 600 million. Indian cities already contribute an estimated two-thirds of India's GDP, and this number is expected to rise to 75% by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011301949
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011997830
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011716765
This paper analyses the determinants of growth of American cities, understood as growth of the population or of per capita income, from 1990 to 2000. This empirical analysis uses data from all cities with more than 25,000 inhabitants in the year 2000 (1154 cities). The results show that while a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011548599
Since 1980, economic growth in the U.S. has been fastest in its largest cities. We show that a group of skill- and information-intensive service industries are responsible for all of this new urban bias in recent growth. We then propose a simple explanation centered around the interaction of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012315946
The study explores the link between electricity consumption, urbanization and economic growth in Nigeria from 1971-2014. The bounds test and the Bayer and Hanck (2013) cointegration tests affirm cointegrating relationship. Electricity consumption increases economic growth in both time periods,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012171580
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012114603