Pacific Urbanisations: Driving Growth and Development

Author(s)
Jones, Dr. P.
Publication language
English
Pages
28pp
Date published
30 Oct 2011
Type
Presentations
Keywords
Urban
Countries
Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea

 

Aims of Presentation:

  •  Examine the nature of Pacific urbanisation – what is it, what defines it, what makes it so unique?
  •  What drives the Pacific urbanisation process?
  • Examine trends in economic growth in urban areas - the
    importance of the contribution of urban economic
    activity to GDP, sectoral shifts, urbanisation as the
    spatial translation of the production economies of
    urban areas, etc