The Myth That Urbanization Means Prosperity
When it comes to cities and urbanization, it is generally thought that bigger is better. But a pair of recent studies suggests that although industrialized nations may have benefited from larger cities, the same is not true for the rapidly urbanizing areas of the developing world. In these parts of the globe, there really might be such a thing as too much urbanization, too quickly. The studies, by Susanne A. Frick and Andrés Rodríguez-Pose of the London School of Economics, take a close look at the connection between city size and ...
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