UID:
almafu_9958096599002883
Format:
pages cm.
ISBN:
1-283-62309-9
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9786613935540
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0-8213-9524-6
Series Statement:
World Bank e-Library.
Content:
The efficiency and productivity of Colombia's urban system will be a key determinant in the ability of the country to transition from a middle to a higher income economy. Economic growth is strongly driven by commodities in Colombia and other Latin American countries. However, the contribution of urban activities to urban growth is non-negligible when all urban activities are added. Strengthening the roles of cities may contribute to mitigating the risks inherent to commodity intensive economies and can support a stronger resource-based manufacturing economic structure and more knowledge inten
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Foreword; About the Editors and Contributors; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Setting the Table: Macroeconomics and Cities in Colombia; Maps; 1.1 Distribution and Concentration of Jobs in Colombia; Figures; 1.1 Urbanization Contributes to Poverty Reduction; 1.2 Evolution of Access to Services Based on City Size; Colombia's Urban Challenge-Connecting, Coordinating, and Financing; Tables; 1.1 Road Freight Costs, by Origin-Destination; 1.3 Logistics Costs in Colombia; 1.4 Simulation of Freight Transport Costs in Different Modes
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1.5 Per Capita Municipal Taxation, 1995-2009Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 2 Amplifying the Gains from Urbanization; Taking Stock; Boxes; 2.1 City Class Definition and Distribution; 2B.1 The Evolution of Cities with More Than 100,000 Inhabitants; 2.1 Urban Population Is Highly Concentrated in Few of the Largest Cities; 2.2 Urban Population Density and Growth; 2.1 Jobs Are Concentrated in the Largest Cities; 2.3 City Diversity and Specialization; 2.4 Localization Index; 2.5 Share of GDP in the Main Cities of Selected Countries; 2.6 Index of Symmetry between Bogotá and Other Colombian Cities
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2.1 Competitive and Complementary Relationships between Colombia's Subregions2.7 Economic Contributions by Cities; 2.8 Comparative Productivity of Colombian Cities; Constraints Facing the Colombian System of Cities; 2.9 Evolution of Access to Services Based on City Size; 2.10 Urbanization's Contribution to Poverty Reduction; 2.11 High School Education Coverage; 2.12 Colombia's Position Relative to the Republic of Korea in PISA Exams; 2.13 Unequal Distribution of Living Conditions in Colombia; 2.2 Transport Flows in Trucks, 2005; 2.14 Correlation between Density and NBI Index
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2.15 Congestion in Bogotá2.16 Bogotá: Insufficient Incentives to Reduce Private Car Use; Prioritizing and Sequencing Urbanization Policies; 2.17 Prioritizing and Sequencing Policies and Investments for Urbanization; 2.3 Colombia's Portfolio of Places for Urban Policies; 2.2 The Jury Is Still Out on Appropriate Models for Managing Expanding Metropolitan Areas; 2.3 The Key to Successful Regional Integration; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 3 Competitiveness and Connectivity across the Colombian Urban System; Introduction; Economic Geography in a System of Cities-Identifying Problems
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3.1 Connecting Major Cities in the Andean Highlands: Historical Overview3.1 Industrial Diversity, Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI); 3.2 Difference in Regional Industrial Structure; 3.1 GDP, by Department, 2008; 3.2 Industrial GDP, by Department, 2008; 3.1 Per Capita GDP, by Department, 2008; 3.2 Industrial GDP, by Department, 2008; 3.3 Industrial Production and Investment, by Department; 3.3 Spatial Distribution of Economic and Industrial Activities and Their Growth; 3.3 Freight Flows in Colombia; 3.4 Implied Per Ton Customs Value (Excluding Coal and Oil); 3.5 Trade Flows by Department, 2010
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3.2 Export of Fossil Fuels Is Significant in Terms of Both Tonnage and Value
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-9522-X
Language:
English
