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environment -- Spatial growth: the environmental cost of sprawl in the United states -- Achieving urban and global sustainability …
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We study environmental pollution in an economic geography framework with two cities, where pollution arises from commuting within cities, goods transport between cities, production of manufacturing and agricultural goods, and residential energy use. We find that city size has an ambiguous effect...
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approaches to the various aspects of sustainability. Chapter two reviews the importance of urbanization for economic growth and …The report is organized into eight chapters: chapter one discusses urbanization and the growing global impact of cities …, reviews the widely accepted definitions of sustainability and sustainable cities, and elaborates on the need for innovative …
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challenges -- Chapter 9. Understanding smart city solutions in Turkish cities from the perspective of sustainability …
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Urban centers are drivers of economic growth. Normal principles of economics apply here and due to economies of scale, because of larger population, synergies take place. In hunger of self-interest, and if system fails to optimize benefits vis-à-vis cost, the cities become hell rather than...
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