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December 14, 2017, 5:57 PM UTC When it comes to cities and urbanization, it is generally thought that bigger is better. But a pair of recent studies suggests that although industrialized nations may have benefitted from larger cities, the same is not true for the rapidly urbanizing areas of the developing world. In these parts of the globe, there really might be such a thing as too much urbanization, too quickly. The studies, by Susanne A. Frick and Andrés Rodríguez-Pose of the London School of Economics, take a close look at the actual connection between city size and nationwide economic performance. Their initial study, from last year, examines the relationship between economic development, as measured by GDP per capita, and average metropolitan-area size in 114 countries across the world between 1960 and 2010. To ensure robustness, it controls for variables including national population size, physical land area, education levels, economic openness, and other factors. January 14, 2014, 11:00 AM UTC Half the world's population lives in cities today, a figure that will increase to 70 percent by 2050. In that same time period, McKinsey Global Institute projects that the economic output of the 600 largest cities and metro areas is projected to grow $30 trillion, accounting for two-thirds of all global growth. Economists and urbanists have long noted the connection between urbanization and economic development. As Harvard University economist Edward Glaeser points out, “if you compare countries that are more than 50 percent urbanized with countries that are less than 50 percent urbanized," he writes, "incomes are five times higher in the more urbanized countries and infant mortality rates are less than a third in the more urbanized countries.” AuthorListed:
AbstractHistorically, richer countries have had larger cities than poorer countries. Today, urban giants are no longer concentrated in rich countries. However, there are clear differences in physical city characteristics associated with country incomes. These differences are easily reconciled mathematically as population is the product of land area, structure space per unit land (i.e., heights), and population per unit interior space (i.e., crowding). This paper explores how these components have changed for the whole world and what remains of the association between income and city development using a combination of harmonized old and new databases. We document that cities in richer countries are large because they build “out” and build “up”. Cities in poorer countries have become as large because they have crowded “in”. Therefore, similar city sizes now hide stark differences in physical urban development. We also show how the Standard Urban Model can account for both similarities and differences in physical urban development across countries Suggested Citation Handle: RePEc:eee:regeco:v:86:y:2021:i:c:s0166046220302945 Download full text from publisherAs the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it. References listed on IDEAS
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More about this itemKeywordsUrbanization; Cities; Urban giants;
Population; Physical urban development; Building heights;
Housing; Land expansion; Sprawl; Standard urban model;
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What is the difference between a developed and developing city?A country having an effective rate of industrialization and individual income is known as Developed Country. Developing Country is a country which has a slow rate of industrialization and low per capita income. Infant mortality rate, death rate and birth rate is low while the life expectancy rate is high.
Why large cities in developing countries grow at much faster rates than in developed countries?Answer: Developing countries have the potential to grow at a faster rate than developed countries because diminishing returns in particular, to capital are not as strong in capital rich countries . further more poorer countries can replicate the production methods technology and institution of developed countries.
Why are developing countries different from developed countries?Countries may be classified as either developed or developing based on the gross domestic product (GDP) or gross national income (GNI) per capita, the level of industrialization, the general standard of living, and the amount of technological infrastructure, among several other potential factors.
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