Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/46918 
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Year of Publication: 
1997
Citation: 
[Publisher:] Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) [Place:] Kiel [Year:] 1997
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 835
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute of World Economics (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
Urban concentration differs across countries. One determinant of these differences is economic development, which first increases and subsequently decreases urban concentration. I condition the degree of urban concentration on the potential of countries to develop a balanced urban system. These conditions are approximated by the land area, population density and density of the transportation system, which all decrease urban concentration. It is also found that countries with a long independent urban history have lower degrees of urban concentration than countries with a recent colonial past. Furthermore, I assess the impact of some historic variables and historic patterns of urban concentration on current patterns of concentration.
Subjects: 
Industrialization
Urban Concentration
Economic Development
JEL: 
R11
R12
Document Type: 
Working Paper
Document Version: 
Digitized Version

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