Growing a Developing City

As one of world's fastest growing cities, Dhaka faces acute challenges in housing its growing population and developing a more productive economy. Central to this is the scarcity of high-quality urban land. Yet a vast tract of land near the heart of the city, East Dhaka, currently remains predominantly agricultural and undeveloped as a consequence of flooding. This paper uses a computable spatial general equilibrium model that captures the economic geography of the city, to estimate the economic returns of coordinated action to develop this land. The model captures different productive sectors, household skill levels, and types of housing. Firms and residents choose their location within the city given the transport network and land availability, generating a pattern of commercial and residential land-use. The paper estimates the incremental impacts on income, employment and population of an embankment and other flood protection measures to protect this land, as well as from improvement in transport infrastructure and targeted support for economic development in East Dhaka.

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Main Authors: Bird, Julia, Venables, Anthony J.
Format: Working Paper biblioteca
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019-03
Subjects:CGE MODEL, URBAN HOUSING, LAND SCARCITY, FLOOD, LAND USE, ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/466991551451316591/Growing-a-Developing-City-A-Computable-Spatial-General-Equilibrium-Model-Applied-to-Dhaka
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/31339
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spelling dig-okr-10986313392024-12-18T04:34:30Z Growing a Developing City A Computable Spatial General Equilibrium Model Applied to Dhaka Bird, Julia Venables, Anthony J. CGE MODEL URBAN HOUSING LAND SCARCITY FLOOD LAND USE ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE As one of world's fastest growing cities, Dhaka faces acute challenges in housing its growing population and developing a more productive economy. Central to this is the scarcity of high-quality urban land. Yet a vast tract of land near the heart of the city, East Dhaka, currently remains predominantly agricultural and undeveloped as a consequence of flooding. This paper uses a computable spatial general equilibrium model that captures the economic geography of the city, to estimate the economic returns of coordinated action to develop this land. The model captures different productive sectors, household skill levels, and types of housing. Firms and residents choose their location within the city given the transport network and land availability, generating a pattern of commercial and residential land-use. The paper estimates the incremental impacts on income, employment and population of an embankment and other flood protection measures to protect this land, as well as from improvement in transport infrastructure and targeted support for economic development in East Dhaka. 2019-03-04T22:41:22Z 2019-03-04T22:41:22Z 2019-03 Working Paper Document de travail Documento de trabajo http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/466991551451316591/Growing-a-Developing-City-A-Computable-Spatial-General-Equilibrium-Model-Applied-to-Dhaka https://hdl.handle.net/10986/31339 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8762 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank application/pdf text/plain World Bank, Washington, DC
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LAND SCARCITY
FLOOD
LAND USE
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
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LAND SCARCITY
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Bird, Julia
Venables, Anthony J.
Growing a Developing City
description As one of world's fastest growing cities, Dhaka faces acute challenges in housing its growing population and developing a more productive economy. Central to this is the scarcity of high-quality urban land. Yet a vast tract of land near the heart of the city, East Dhaka, currently remains predominantly agricultural and undeveloped as a consequence of flooding. This paper uses a computable spatial general equilibrium model that captures the economic geography of the city, to estimate the economic returns of coordinated action to develop this land. The model captures different productive sectors, household skill levels, and types of housing. Firms and residents choose their location within the city given the transport network and land availability, generating a pattern of commercial and residential land-use. The paper estimates the incremental impacts on income, employment and population of an embankment and other flood protection measures to protect this land, as well as from improvement in transport infrastructure and targeted support for economic development in East Dhaka.
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