This paper traces the urbanization experience of Tagbilaran City, Bohol taking into account the demographic development … urban status. It also looks into the nature and magnitude of government responses to the demands of increasing urbanization …

urbanization are unsustainably high. Deep existing deficits in basic urban services such as housing, transit, water, sanitation and … energy have led to a plethora of urban woes. These range from the economic, institutional and carbon costs of managing …

to shocks, the degree of urbanization and specialization. We take the Great Recession, the economic and financial crisis … period, we find that the degree and nature of regional urbanization and specialization are important drivers of the …

"Urbanization and Decentralization: The changing urban-rural linkages and opportunities of decentralization of services … urbanization and decentralization. Ever stronger linkages between urban and rural areas represent a challenge for sustainable … reviews the evidence of synergies and pitfalls between urbanization and decentralization with concepts of economic geography …