INTRODUCTION

Jerzy Kleer and Katarzyna A. Nawrot

Chapter 1 in The Rise of Megacities:Challenges, Opportunities and Unique Characteristics, 2018, pp 1-5 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Surging population numbers and the resulting emergence of megacities represent a new phenomenon of the 21st century, occurring on a rapidly growing scale. It brings both numerous challenges and opportunities to the economic development of nations and world development at large, ones which have yet to be fully explored…

Keywords: Megacities; Globalization; Urbanization; Development; Developing Countries; Developed Countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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