Evolving City Systems

Henry Overman and Anthony Venables

No wp-2010-026, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Economic development; Regional economics; Regional planning; Urban economics; Urban planning; Urbanization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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