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.

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	Overman, Henry G. ; Venables, Anthnony J.
Institutions:	World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU/WIDER), United Nations University
Subject:	urbanization \| globalization \| agglomeration \| city systems

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Series:	Working Paper Series.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number UNU-WIDER Working Paper WP2010/26 21 pages
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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