Research Discussion Paper – RDP 2012-04 Chinese Urban Residential Construction to 2040
September 2012 – ISSN 1320-7229 (Print), ISSN 1448-5109 (Online)
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Contents
- Introduction
- Past Urban Residential Construction
- Methodology and Components
- Projections
- Sensitivity Analysis
- Conclusion
- Appendix A: Map of Hailing County, Taizhou Prefecture, Jiangsu Province
- Appendix B: Steel Use under Alternative Assumptions
- References
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The authors thank colleagues for their input, especially Anthony Rush who was integral to the initial stages of this project, and Stephen Elias for alerting us to the Taiwanese data. Danan Gu and Alan Heston were very helpful when we had queries about the World Urbanization Prospects and Penn World Tables databases.