Evolving city systems

Henry G. Overman and Anthony J. Venables

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. -- urbanization ; globalization ; agglomeration ; city systems

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	Overman, Henry G. ; Venables, Anthony
Publisher:	Helsinki : WIDER
Subject:	Stadtökonomik \| Urban economics \| Theorie \| Theory \| Stadtentwicklung \| Urban development

Extent:	Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: 19 S., 174,4 KB)
Series:	Working paper / World Institute for Development Economics Research. - Helsinki : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 1798-7237, ZDB-ID 2548001-7. - Vol. 2010/26
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
ISBN:	978-92-9230-261-0
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/54109 [Handle]
Classification:	O10 - Economic Development. General ; O18 - Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses ; R10 - General Regional Economics. General ; R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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