Urbanization and the wealth of nations

Science

Volumn 319, Issue 5864, 2008, Pages 772-775

  Bloom, David E ^a   Canning, David ^a   Fink, Günther ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MARKET SYSTEM; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED NATIONS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 38949210816     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1153057     Document Type: Review

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