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Growing Resources for Growing Cities: Density and the Cost of Municipal Public Services in Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, and Mexico
This paper finds that per capita municipal spending on public services is strongly and non-linearly correlated to urban population density. Optimal expenditure levels for municipal services are achieved when densities are close to 9,000 residents per square kilometer. In this study of approximately 8,600 municipalities in Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, and Mexico, 85 percent are below this ideal density level. This analysis provides strong policy support for densification, particularly for medium-sized cities in developing countries, which are currently absorbing most of the world's urban population growth.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IDB Working Paper Series ; No. IDB-WP-634
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
Regional Development Planning and Policy
- Subject
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optimal density
Latin America
urban services
public expenditures
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Libertun de Duren, Nora
Guerrero Compeán, Roberto
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
- (where)
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Washington, DC
- (when)
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2015
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Libertun de Duren, Nora
- Guerrero Compeán, Roberto
- Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Time of origin
- 2015
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