International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management 2020
Literature Review on Determining Criteria of Optimal City Scale
Publication: ICCREM 2020: Intelligent Construction and Sustainable Buildings
ABSTRACT
Urbanization greatly contributes to the industrialization process and economic growth of a country or region, while excessive urbanization harms the development of national economy. Therefore, moderate urbanization and the determination of optimal city scale have been spotlighted. Based on literature review on determining criteria of optimal city scale, this paper concludes that to maximize urban residents’ income is the fundamental criterion for the scale and the level of urbanization in China, which urges make full use of market’s function in allocating resources to fuel the free flow of population and factor of production and to develop a city toward the best scale with maximized residents’ income.
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ICCREM 2020: Intelligent Construction and Sustainable Buildings
Pages: 330 - 336
Editors: Yaowu Wang, Ph.D., Harbin Institute of Technology, Thomas Olofsson, Ph.D., Luleå University of Technology, and Geoffrey Q. P. Shen, Ph.D., Hong Kong Polytechnic University
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8323-7
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