Dobbs, RichardRemes, Jaana2014-04-022014-04-022013-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17589Cities are the driving force of economic growth. According to the United Nations, more than half the world's people now live in urban areas - in towns and in cities of all sizes. By 2025, the urban population is expected to have grown by another billion people, a huge majority of them in developing countries. At that point, 2.5 billion people - more than half the world's urban population will likely live in the burgeoning cities of Asia. China is expected to have more than triple, and India double, the number of urbanites in the United States today. Urbanization is not new. For centuries, people have packed up and moved from their rural homes in search of better-paid urban livelihoods. But today's urban shift is unprecedented in scale and speed. It is no hyperbole to say that one is amid the most significant economic transformation the world has ever seen.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAGGLOMERATION ECONOMIESAIRAVERAGE TRAVEL TIMEBANKSBUSCAPITAL INVESTMENTCAPITAL MARKETSCARCITIESCITY DEPARTMENTSCITY LEADERSCITY MANAGERSCITY SERVICESCONGESTIONCONGESTION PRICINGCONSUMER GOODSCOUNTRYSIDECRIMEDATA SOURCESDEMAND FOR TRANSPORTATIONDISPOSABLE INCOMEDRIVERSDRIVINGECONOMIC CENTERECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC REFORMECONOMIES OF SCALEEXCHANGE RATEEXCHANGE RATESFEDERAL GOVERNMENTSFLOOR SPACEFOOD POLICYFOOD SECURITYFUELHOMESHOUSINGHOUSING DEVELOPMENTSHUMAN SETTLEMENTSINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTINDUSTRIALIZATIONINHABITANTSINNOVATIONSINTERNATIONAL AIRPORTINTERNATIONAL AIRPORTSLANESLARGE CITIESLEARNINGLOCAL GOVERNMENTMASS TRANSITMATURITYMEGACITIESMETROPOLITAN AREASMOBILITYMOBILITY GAPMOBILITY RATESMUNICIPALMUNICIPALITIESNATURAL RESOURCESNEIGHBORHOODNEIGHBORHOODSPOLLUTIONPOPULATION GROWTHPPPSPRODUCTIVITYPUBLIC SAFETYPUBLIC SERVICESPUBLIC TRANSPORTPUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMPUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONPURCHASING POWERPURCHASING POWER PARITYRAILROADRAILWAYRAPID TRANSITREGIONAL PLANNINGRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGSRESIDENTIAL DENSITYRIDERSROUTERURAL AREASSANITATIONSATELLITESSERVICE DELIVERYSEWAGESEWAGE SYSTEMSSHELTERSHOPSSLUMSMART PLANNINGSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL SERVICESTELECOMMUNICATIONSTOURISMTOWNSTRAFFICTRAFFIC CONTROLTRAFFIC DELAYSTRAFFIC JAMSTRANSIT SYSTEMTRANSIT SYSTEMSTRANSPORTTRANSPORT DECISIONSTRANSPORT SYSTEMSTRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION SERVICESTRANSPORTATION SYSTEMTRANSPORTATION SYSTEMSTRUEUNEMPLOYMENTURBAN AREASURBAN DEVELOPMENTURBAN ECONOMIESURBAN ECONOMYURBAN GROWTHURBAN HOUSEHOLDSURBAN INFRASTRUCTUREURBAN LIVINGURBAN MANAGEMENTURBAN MIGRATIONURBAN POORURBAN POPULATIONURBAN SPRAWLURBANIZATIONUTILITIESVILLAGESWATER CONSUMPTIONWATER DEMANDWEALTHTrends : The Shifting Urban Economic Landscape, What Does It Mean for Cities?10.1596/17589