Does pollution hinder urban competitiveness? / Matthew E. Kahn, Nancy Lozano-Gracia, Maria E. Soppelsa
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: World Bank E-Library Archive | Policy research working paper ; 8739Publisher: Washington, DC, USA : World Bank Group, Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice, February 2019Description: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 37 Seiten) : IllustrationenSubject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Erscheint auch als: Does Pollution Hinder Urban Competitiveness?. Druck-Ausgabe Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2019DOI: DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8739Online resources: Summary: This paper surveys the recent literature exploring the causes of urban pollution in the developing world and the implications of such pollution for a city's competitiveness. Within a system of cities, cities compete for jobs and people. Those cities that specialize in heavy industrial activity will gain from a manufacturing boom but are more likely to be polluted than a city that specializes in the service economy and one that makes investments in regulations to reduce the social costs of power generation, transportation, and household services. The paper explores three main questions. First, why does pollution inhibit urban competitiveness? Second, why is this effect likely to grow in importance over time? Third, why have cities been slow to adopt cost-effective regulatory strategies?PPN: PPN: 1665868775Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-110-WBL | ZDB-1-WBA | ZDB-110-WBONo physical items for this record
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