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Is the world's population becoming more urbanized?
Horlacher, David, "A Layperson's Guide to Global Trends in Urbanization and Urban Growth", in Human Settlements, Habitat, edited by Delores Wozniak, Tarek M. Shuman, Afra Roet and Mario Garrett, San Diego State University Press, 1996, pp. 41-59.
Glaeser, Edward L., "Are Cities Dying", in the Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 12, No. 2, Spring 1998, pp. 139-160.
Ades, A. and E. Glaeser, "Trade and Circuses: Explaining Urban Giants", Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 110, No. 1, 1995, pp. 195-228.
Cutler, D. and E. Glaeser, "Are Ghettos Good or Bad?", in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol112, No. 3, August 1997, pp. 827-873.
How did China control the growth of its cities?
Kojima, Reeitsu, "Breakdown of China's Policy of Restricting Population Movement" in The Developing Economies, Vol, 34, No. 4, December 1996.
Young, Denise and Honghai Deng, "Urbanisation, Agriculture and Industrialisation in China, 1952-1991"in Urban Studies, Vol. 35, No. 9, 1998, pp. 1439-1455.
Are America's cities "economic dinosaurs"?
Dreier, Peter, "Making the Case for Cities", in Challenge, July-August 1995, pp. 29-37.
Does migration to the urban informal sector make people better off?
Lee, Bun Song and Joseph M. Phillips, "The Earnings Experience of Rural-Urban Migrants in Korea", in the International Economic Journal, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 85-101.
Can anything be done about the rapid growth of cities in Africa?
Todaro, Michael P., Urbanization, Unemployment and Migration in Africa: Theory and Policy, Population Council Working Paper, No. 104, 1997.
Does urbanization increase the consumption of public goods?
Clarke, david and Michael G. Bradford, "Private and Public Consumption in the City", in Urban Studies, Vol. 35, Nos. 5-6, 1998, pp. 865-888.
Is urbanization in developing countries a respose to global capitalism?
Clark, David, "Interdependent Urbanization in an Urban Eorld: an Historical View" in The Geographical Journal, Vol. 164, No. 1, March 1998, pp. 85-95.