Brown growth, green growth, and the efficiency of urbanization
Smulders,Sjak Quaas,Martin
Smulders,Sjak
Quaas,Martin
Abstract
We analyze the efficiency of urbanization patterns in a stylized dynamic model of urban growth with three sectors of production. Pollution, as a force that discourages agglomeration, is caused by domestic production. We show that cities are too large and too few in number in uncoordinated equilibrium if economic growth implies increasing pollution (brown growth'). If, however, production becomes cleaner over time (green growth') the equilibrium urbanization path reaches the efficient urbanization path after finite time without need of a coordinating mechanism. We also generalize these results by taking other forms of congestion and urban land markets into account.
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2018-10
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Urbanization, Green growth, Migration, Pollution, Congestion, O18 - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis ; Housing ; Infrastructure, Q56 - Environment and Development ; Environment and Trade ; Sustainability ; Environmental Accounts and Accounting ; Environmental Equity ; Population Growth, R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Smulders, S & Quaas, M 2018, 'Brown growth, green growth, and the efficiency of urbanization', Environmental & Resource Economics, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 529-549. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-017-0172-1
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