Urban economics for the developing world: an introduction

Glaeser, Edward L.; Henderson, J. Vernon

doi:10.1016/j.jue.2017.01.003

Urban economics for the developing world: an introduction

Edward L. Glaeser and J. Vernon Henderson

This is an introduction to the special issue of the Journal of Urban Economics on ?Urbanization in Developing Countries: Past and Present?. We argue that the rapid urbanization and the rise of cities in the developing world demand new avenues of research and much more research to deal with the urban issues facing billions of people across the world that current work barely covers. This issue contains papers which move in that direction and signals a commitment by the journal to pursue this agenda. ? 2017 Elsevier Inc.

1 March 2017

Journal of Urban Economics 98, pp.1-5, 2017

DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2017.01.003

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094119017300037

This Journal article is published under the centre's Urban programme.