The determinants of urban concentration

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Urban concentration differs across countries. One determinant of these differences is economic development, which first increases and subsequently decreases urban concentration. I condition the degree of urban concentration on the potential of countries to develop a balanced urban system. These conditions are approximated by the land area, population density and density of the transportation system, which all decrease urban concentration. It is also found that countries with a long independent urban history have lower degrees of urban concentration than countries with a recent colonial past. Furthermore, I assess the impact of some historic variables and historic patterns of urban concentration on current patterns of concentration.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Year: 1997 ; Kiel: Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW)

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes ; Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
• Subject: Industrialization ; Urban Concentration ; Economic Development ; Urbanisierung ; Regionale Konzentration ; Entwicklung ; Bevölkerungsdichte ; Verkehrsinfrastruktur ; Wirtschaftsliberalismus ; Schätzung ; Welt ; Siedlung

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Junius, Karsten
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Kiel Institute of World Economics (IfW) ; ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
• (where): Kiel
• (when): 1997

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/46918
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