What is Different About Urbanization in Rich and Poor Countries? Cities in Brazil, China, India and the United States

Volume: 98, Pages: 17 - 49
Published: Mar 1, 2017
Abstract
null null Are the well-known facts about urbanization in the United States also true for the developing world? We compare American metropolitan areas with analogous geographic units in Brazil, China and India. Both Gibrat’s Law and Zipf’s Law seem to hold as well in Brazil as in the U.S., but China and India look quite different. In Brazil and China, the implications of the spatial equilibrium hypothesis, the central organizing idea of urban...
Paper Details
Title
What is Different About Urbanization in Rich and Poor Countries? Cities in Brazil, China, India and the United States
Published Date
Mar 1, 2017
Volume
98
Pages
17 - 49
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