This report presents an overview of trends in urban policies in OECD countries with the objective to identify successes and failure that could inform national Chinese policy-makers in their preparation of an Urbanisation Strategy.
Based on data from more than 4 million individuals and firms in 2 600 cities across 34 countries, it presents compelling evidence that urbanisation contributes to better economic outcomes and higher living standards.
... urbanisation . As a national development strategy , China's urbanisation transformation has been concentrated in the development of new urbanisation . This , together with industrialisation , informationalism and agricultural ...
... Urbanisation is a natural consequence of economic changes that take place as a country develops . At the same time , urbanisation helps to contribute to the growth process at large . But the latter is not always true . The positive role ...
... Urbanisation ? " Sustainable Urbanisation " , as discussed and elaborated during the dia- logue series , has a number of special characteristics . It is , of course , a process - and a very dynamic one . Most important , it is multi ...
... urbanisation . In spite of the acceleration of urban development , the urbanisation rate in China is on average 10-20 percentage points lower than in other countries at a similar income level ( Wang and Xia 1999 ) . In particular ...
This report compares urbanisation trends in OECD countries on the basis of a newly defined OECD methodology which enables cross-country comparison of the socio-econimic and environmental performance of metropolitan areas in OECD countries.
... urbanisation residual model to explain the potential for housing solutions. When urbanisation is far beyond the economic growth pace to accommodate increased urban population, the imbalance between economic growth and urbanisation ...