A Global Perspective on the Sustainable Performance of Urbanization

Liyin Shen, Chenyang Shuai, Liudan Jiao, Yongtao Tan and Xiangnan Song
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Liyin Shen: School of Construction Management and Real Estate, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China
Chenyang Shuai: School of Construction Management and Real Estate, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China
Liudan Jiao: School of Construction Management and Real Estate, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China
Yongtao Tan: Department of Building & Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Xiangnan Song: School of Construction Management and Real Estate, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China

Sustainability, 2016, vol. 8, issue 8, 1-16

Abstract: Urbanization, particularly in developing countries, is a major strategy for development. However, major concerns accompany it, such as air pollution, habitat destruction, and loss of arable land. In responding to these challenges, governments throughout the world have been implementing various policy mechanisms to guide the practice of urbanization towards sustainable development. It appears that there is little research investigating the outcomes of those efforts in implementing sustainable urbanization strategies. This paper provides a profile of sustainable urbanization from a global perspective. Data used for this research cover 111 countries and are collected from the World Bank database and the United Nation database. A ranking list of sustainable performance of urbanization between these countries is produced and discussed. The study suggests that countries at different stages of urbanization have achieved different levels of sustainable performance. The research results provide significant references for future study in the field of urbanization from a global perspective.

Keywords: urbanization; sustainable performance; indicators; global perspective; correlation analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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