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, such as market access, and that the effect is greater in countries where urbanization and industrialization occurred later …
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This chapter describes how the spatial distribution of economic activity changes as economies develop and grow. We start with the relation between development and rural-urban migration. Moving beyond the coarse rural-urban distinction, we then focus on the continuum of locations in an economy...
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Although Africa has experienced rapid urbanization in recent decades, we know little about the process of urbanization …, the authors study the effect of migration on urbanization in South Africa. While they find that on average there is no … populations. Overall, the evidence suggests that exogenous migration shocks can foster urbanization in the medium run …
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sprawl -- Linking transportation and land use policies -- Erasing the incentives to sprawl -- Restructuring government …
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An urban transport system considers all elements of transportation, including the infrastructure, rolling stock, and …
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"This book explores the concepts of car-free cities and city humanization as possible solutions to reduce the deteriorating effect on the environment and the community. The publication discusses the urban initiative to implement pedestrianization and humanization of cities and public spaces to...
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