Urban planning and town foundations

Kerstin Enflo; Alexandra L. Cermeño

Urban planning and town foundations

Department of Economic History

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Abstract

Urban growth is crucial for modernisation, and the wave of new towns in China since the 1980s is one example of a strategy employed by policymakers to encourage the process. This column analyses the long-run success of a town foundation policy in Sweden between 1570 and 1810. While the ‘artificially’ created towns failed to grow in the short term, they eventually began to grow and thrive, and today are as resilient as their medieval counterparts.

Original language	English
Short description	Article
Media of output	VOX CEPR Policy Portal
Publisher	voxeu.org
Publication status	Published - 2019 Jan 3

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Economic History

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urbanisation

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The evolution regional economies in the Nordic region – A long run approach
Enflo, K. (Researcher), Probst, J. (Researcher) & Cermeño, A. L. (Researcher)
2015/07/01 → 2020/06/30
Project: Research

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The evolution regional economies in the Nordic region – A long run approach

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