Does density drive development?

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorMsulwa, Rehema
dc.contributor.authorTurok, Ivan
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-01T14:07:41Z
dc.date.available2013-02-01T14:07:41Z
dc.date.issued2012-08
dc.departmentThe South African Research Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning
dc.descriptionResearch Reporten_ZA
dc.description.abstractThere is growing interest among governments and researchers around the world in the contribution of cities to economic development. Several influential international organisations have argued that the spatial concentration of economic activity is necessary for faster economic growth. This paper examines whether the density of population and economic activity influences the rate of local economic growth in South Africa. Municipalities are the basic units of analysis and the time frame is 1996-2010. Contrary to expectations, no statistically significant relationship is found between density and growth across the full range of 237 local municipalities. However, searching hard for a relationship among particular kinds of municipality, some evidence does emerge. The influence of human skills on local growth is also examined and is found to be more robust than density. Several reasons are given for why the relationship between density and growth is generally weak or non-existent.en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipNRFen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMsulwa, Rehema and Turok, Ivan. 2012. Does density drive development? Report Series produced by the South African Research Chair in Development Planning and Modelling, School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand.en_ZA
dc.identifier.isbn9780992177546
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/12372
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherReport Series produced by the South African Research Chair in Development Planning and Modelling, School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand.en_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseries;3
dc.subjectCity density, economic growth, human skills, local growthen_ZA
dc.titleDoes density drive development?en_ZA
dc.typeBooken_ZA
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Report3_MsulwaTurok.pdf
Size:
5.42 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
D:\Reports1-5 FINAL High Res\Report3_MsulwaTurok.pdf
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
The South African Research Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning
Academic Wits Research Outputs (All submissions)