Henderson, J. Vernon 
ORCID: 0000-0002-0985-9415 and Wang, Hyoung Gun
(2005)
Aspects of the rural-urban transformation of countries.
Journal of Economic Geography, 5 (1).
pp. 23-42.
ISSN 1468-2702
Abstract
This paper models the rural-urban spatial transformation that occurs with urbanization, as driven by economic and population growth. This transformation involves the agglomeration of populations into cities, with increasing numbers of cities and increasing populations of individual cities. The paper focuses on the forces that drive this transformation, how this transformation proceeds, and what are the potential traps and inefficiencies are that may inhibit it. We also examine the issue of evolving spatial inequality under urbanization, between the rural and urban sectors and potentially within the urban sector distinguishing true inequality, from observed inequality in nominal incomes and wages.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://joeg.oxfordjournals.org/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2003 Oxford University Press |
| Divisions: | Geography & Environment |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
| JEL classification: | O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics > R0 - General |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Sep 2013 09:14 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Oct 2024 08:39 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/52083 |
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