Arbeitspapier
Evolving city systems
This paper reviews the literature on the forces driving urbanization in developing countries. It presents a model outlining how globalization can lead to the evolution of an urban structure which may approximate Zipf's law. Policy implications are outlined.
- ISBN
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978-92-9230-261-0
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2010/26
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Economic Development: General
Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
General Regional Economics (includes Regional Data)
Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
- Subject
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urbanization
globalization
agglomeration
city systems
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Overman, Henry G.
Venables, Anthony J.
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
- (where)
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Helsinki
- (when)
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2010
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Overman, Henry G.
- Venables, Anthony J.
- The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
Time of origin
- 2010
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