Relación entre la urbanización y el desarrollo cantonal en Ecuador año 2010

Abstract

The aim of this research is to examine the effect of the level of urbanization on regional development in 221 cantons of Ecuador in 2010; which proposes an accomplishment of hypothesis of urbanization came up with Henderson in 2005. The development of VAB and the medium taking using data from economic census (2010), population and housing census (2010), was taken to observe the relationship between the urbanization and the progress of cantons, which are made and published by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (NISC) and sadistic data from Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE) as well. The results show a positive influence of the urbanization above VAB and the cantonal income. Instead of the direct relation, the level of correlation between variables is very low. That result justifies the negative externalities that bring the process of unplanned urbanization in the country.