POPLINE Document Number: 128053
Author(s):
Lo FC
Source citation:
In: Mega-city growth and the future, edited by Roland J. Fuchs, Ellen Brennan, Joseph Chamie, Fu-chen Lo, and Juha I. Uitto. Tokyo, Japan, United Nations University Press, 1994. :103-30.
Abstract:
Rapid population growth and heavy rural-to-urban migration in the developing countries during the post-World War II period are among the main determinants of the rapid growth of Third World megacities. Moreover, policies and initiatives to promote economic development and industrialization in the developing countries have been transforming mainly agricultural and rural societies into more industrialized and urbanized societies in a relatively short period. The growth and structural transformation of megacities are integral parts of national development. Global economic integration, increased international trade, capital flows, telecommunication, new technology, and shifts in the comparative advantage of production continue to play a central role in integrating national territories and shaping the spatial organization of national economies at the world level. The interlinkage of megacities and other major metropolises, which form a world city system, are at the center of the global economic integration and structural adjustments. Regionalization of the world economy, the excess supply of commodities and Third World stagnation, changing comparative advantage and new economic configurations, the emerging pattern of a world city system, shifts in successive techno-economic paradigms and the impact upon world cities, and the city system and the shifting techno-economic paradigm are discussed.
Keywords:
GlobalIndex page
Urbanization
Urban Population
Technology
Economic Factors
Urban Population Distribution
Population Distribution
Geographic Factors
Population
Population Characteristics
Demographic Factors