TY  - GEN
AU  - Libertun de Duren, Nora Ruth
AU  - Guerrero Compeán, Roberto
TI  - Growing Resources for Growing Cities: Density and the Cost of Municipal Public Services in Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, and Mexico
PY  - 2015
Y1  - 2015/12/11
DO  - 10.18235/0011707
AB  - This paper finds that per capita municipal spending on public services is strongly and non-linearly correlated to urban population density. Optimal expenditure levels for municipal services are achieved when densities are close to 9,000 residents per square kilometer. In this study of approximately 8,600 municipalities in Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, and Mexico, 85 percent are below this ideal density level. This analysis provides strong policy support for densification, particularly for medium-sized cities in developing countries, which are currently absorbing most of the world's urban population growth.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.18235/0011707
ER  -