Overview -- The Urban Imperative : Toward Shared Prosperity

Urbanization is undoubtedly a key driver of development -- cities provide the national platform for prosperity, job creation, and poverty reduction. But urbanization also poses enormous challenges that one is familiar with: congestion, air pollution, social divisions, crime, the breakdown of public services and infrastructure, and the slums that one billion urban resident's call home. Urbanization is perhaps the single most important question in development today. It is clear that cities have not performed as well as can be expected in their transformative role for more livable, inclusive, people-centered, and sustainable development. But they have enormous potential as growth escalators, offering the opportunity to lift millions out of poverty, and serve as centers of knowledge, innovations, and entrepreneurship. Cities in both the developed and developing world want to attract more entrepreneurs and create more jobs. Cities also need to be resilient to natural hazards and the impacts of climate change. If these are left unaddressed, cities will become part of the problem rather than the solution.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Glaeser, Edward, Joshi-Ghani, Abha
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014-05
Subjects:	AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AGGLOMERATION BENEFITS, AGGLOMERATION ECONOMICS, AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES, AIR, AIR POLLUTION, AIR QUALITY, AUTOMOBILE, BARRIERS TO ENTRY, BASIC SERVICES, BRIDGE, CAR, CARBON, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS, CARBON EMISSIONS, CARBON TAX, CARS, CITIES, CLIMATE CHANGE, COAL, COMMUNITIES, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, CONGESTION, CONGESTION CHARGING, CONGESTION PRICING, COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS, CROWDING OUT, DEREGULATION, DIVISION OF LABOR, DRIVERS, DRIVING, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC CHANGE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC POLICIES, ECONOMICS, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, ECONOMISTS, ELECTRONIC ROAD PRICING, EMPLOYMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, EQUILIBRIUM, EXPENDITURES, EXTERNALITIES, FARMS, FLOOR AREA, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY LANES, HIGHWAYS, HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, HOUSING FINANCE, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, LABOR COSTS, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKETS, LAND USE, LAND-USE PLANNING, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, LOCAL PUBLIC SECTOR, MEGACITIES, METROPOLITAN AREAS, MINES, MOBILITY, NATURAL RESOURCES, NEIGHBORHOOD, NEIGHBORHOODS, NEW TOWNS, POLICE, POLICY DECISIONS, POLICY MAKERS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POPULATION DENSITIES, POPULATION GROWTH, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC INVESTMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC TRANSIT, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, RAIL, RAIL NETWORKS, RISK MANAGEMENT, ROAD, ROAD CONGESTION, ROADS, SAFE STREETS, SANITATION, SCHOOLS, SIDE PAYMENTS, SLUMS, SOCIAL COSTS, STREETS, SUBSTANDARD HOUSING, SUBURBS, SUBWAY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TAX FUNDS, TOLLS, TRADEOFFS, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, TRANSIT OPTIONS, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT CORRIDORS, TRANSPORT COSTS, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION COSTS, TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS, TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, TRAVEL DISTANCES, TRUE, URBAN, URBAN AREA, URBAN AREAS, URBAN CONCENTRATION, URBAN CONGESTION, URBAN CORE, URBAN DESIGN, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, URBAN ECONOMICS, URBAN ECONOMIES, URBAN GROWTH, URBAN HOUSING, URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE, URBAN LABOR, URBAN LAND, URBAN LIFE, URBAN POLICIES, URBAN POOR, URBAN POPULATION, URBAN POVERTY, URBAN PROBLEMS, URBAN REGENERATION, URBAN RESEARCH, URBAN SERVICES, URBAN SETTLEMENTS, URBAN SPRAWL, URBAN WORKERS, URBANIZATION, USER CHARGES, USER FEES, VEHICLE, VEHICLE MILES, WAGES, WASTE, WATER POLLUTION, WEALTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19540513/overview-urban-imperative-toward-shared-prosperity-overview-urban-imperative-toward-shared-prosperity https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18804
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