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Urban agglomeration
About: Urban agglomeration is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 3337 publications have been published within this topic receiving 50641 citations. The topic is also known as: urban & agglomeration.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the theoretical micro-foundations of urban agglomeration economies are studied, based on sharing, matching, and learning mechanisms, and a handbook chapter is presented.
Abstract: This handbook chapter studies the theoretical micro-foundations of urban agglomeration economies. We distinguish three types of micro-foundations, based on sharing, matching, and learning mechanisms. For each of these three categories, we develop one or more core models in detail and discuss the literature in relation to those models. This allows us to give a precise characterisation of some of the main theoretical underpinnings of urban agglomeration economies, to discuss modelling issues that arise when working with these tools, and to compare different sources of agglomeration economies in terms of the aggregate urban outcomes they produce as well as in terms of their normative implications.
2,032 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a broad overview of the recent patterns and trends of urban growth in developing countries, and the challenges of achieving sustainable urban development will be particularly formidable in Africa.
1,549 citations
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02 May 2002TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide the first unifying analysis of the range of economic reasons for the clustering of firms and households and explain further the trade-off between various forms of increasing returns and different types of mobility costs.
Abstract: This book provides the first unifying analysis of the range of economic reasons for the clustering of firms and households Its goal is to explain further the trade-off between various forms of increasing returns and different types of mobility costs The main focus of the analysis is on cities, but it also explores the formation of other agglomerations, such as commercial districts within cities, industrial clusters at the regional level, and the existence of imbalance between regions
1,453 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors created a new dataset comprising all 3646 named metropolitan agglomerations and cities that had populations in excess of 100,000 in the year 2000, their populations in that year, and their built-up area identified in the Mod500 map, currently the best of eight satellite-based global maps of urban land cover.
866 citations
TL;DR: The authors conducted a meta-analysis of 729 elasticities taken from 34 different studies to make sense of the range of values for agglomeration economies found in the literature by identifying some key characteristics that affect the magnitude of the results obtained.
726 citations