title: The case for experimental, adaptive restraint policies in developing nation metropolitan areas.
abstract: "Many developing nations have introduced policies designed to slow the rate of population growth of their largest cities.  This article argues that there is a strong case for an explicit experimental or adaptive approach in policy design.  Using the examples of Sao Paulo in Brazil and Seoul in South Korea, it is argued that coordinated trial and error methods with appropriate monitoring, evaluation, and policy revision can prove beneficial, especially given the high levels of uncertainty which surround both the objectives and the contexts of urbanization policies in most countries."
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001208:Asia; D001938:Brazil; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D005843:Geography; D007723:Korea; D007843:Latin America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D013020:South America; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Americas; Asia; Brazil; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Eastern Asia; Geographic Factors; Korea; Korea, Republic Of; Latin America; Migration; Migration Policy; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Rural-urban Migration; Social Policy; South America; Spatial Distribution; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization