Are Smaller Cities More Sustainable? Environmental Externalities in Urban Areas. Evidences from Cities in São Paulo, Brazil
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52577#.VJt56cCAM4 Author(s) Priscila B. Santiago , Jorge M. Nogueira * , Pedro H. Z. da Conceição Affiliation(s) Department of Economics, University of Brasilia, Brasilia (DF), Brazil . ABSTRACT The objective of this essay is to explore the relationship between economics of agglomeration, city sizes and negative environmental externalities. Therefore, we contribute to illuminating the controversy on optimal city size, which has been much more concentrated on the reality of developed nations. We emphasize environmental dimensions related to this debate focusing on developing country urban agglomerations. In order to do so we tes...