Beall, Jo; Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb; Kanbur, Ravi - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and … - 2009
By many estimates, the world has just crossed the point where more than half the world’s population is urban, a trend driven by rapid urbanization in developing countries. Urban centers offer economies of scale in terms of productive enterprise and public investment. Cities are social melting...