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Chapter Chapter 1 in Making Megacities in Asia, 2020, pp 1-11 from Springer Abstract: Abstract The chapter starts with divergent development paths of the five cities divided into two groups: success and failure. Then, six possible explanations for the divergences are proposed. They are: the national development strategy matters for the development of cities; the share of budget revenue that a city is allowed to retain for its expenditure is critical; consistently pursuing long-term strategies is important, while focusing too much on short-term issues with vague visions and simple panaceas cannot help a city solve its problems; public entrepreneurship with powerful supporting coalitions is important, while political terms are not necessarily a major constraint for achievements; master plans have limited roles in the development path of a city; and fragmented governments have caused problems for a city’s development, but a consolidated or centralized municipal government does not secure the success of a city’s development. The final section presents the research objectives and limitations. Keywords: Megacity; Development; Public entrepreneurship; Competitiveness (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sbrchp:978-981-15-0660-4_1 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-0660-4_1 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in SpringerBriefs in Regional Science from Springer |
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