We provide annual estimates of inequality in monthly per capita household earnings in India over the period 2017/18 to 2022/23 based on analysis of India's Periodic Labour Force Surveys. Over the six years, the estimate of inequality as measured by the Gini coefficient is in the range of 0.40 to...

Urban primacy in the Indian state of Karnataka is severe, since Bengaluru, the state's capital city, is more than eight times the size of the second biggest city. Our objectives in this paper are to investigate this primacy, estimating Zipf's law, understanding transport networks and...

Integrating resilience and vulnerability components is critical in understanding urbanization impacts on farming household livelihood strategies. This study aims to combine methods and concepts of resilience and vulnerability, that are independently analyzed by previous research to grasp...

Previous studies suggest that market forces and the strategic behavior of local governments regarding land development jointly contribute to rapid urban expansion in China. In underdeveloped small cities in Western China, the market is weak, and local governments lack the conditions required to...

Effectively assisting urban designers in developing resilient urban areas requires innovative approaches. Moreover, using spatial analysis is necessary to assess the effectiveness of the conceptual design depending on different specifications. Even though these concepts are closely related, they...

Ce manuel développe une méthodologie harmonisée pour faciliter les comparaisons statistiques internationales et pour classer l'ensemble du territoire d'un pays le long d'un continuum urbain-rural. La classification du degré d'urbanisation définit les villes, les villages et les zones...

The study examines Dar es Salaam's potential as a focal point for structural transformation, highlighting its emergence as a significant economic hub. Through a mixed-methods approach, the research investigates how urban development is shaped by institutional, economic, political, and spatial...

This paper examines how African cities can reconcile rapid urbanization and development imperatives with urgent decarbonization goals through structural transformation. It begins by mapping key sources of urban carbon - energy poverty, inefficient buildings, poor planning, transport systems,...

This study conducts a spatial analysis in urban centres in northern Ghana using Earth observation and spatial analysis techniques to understand the local and regional context of urbanisation processes. The spatial analysis informs potential planning interventions and evaluates their impacts. The...

Within the frame of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) work on transformative innovation for climate resilience, in collaboration with DG CLIMA as orchestrator of the European Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change and DG Research and Innovation, JRC's Unit B7 "Innovation...

Energy is vital for economic development because it is an input in almost every sector of the economy. For households, it is considered a basic necessity. Given the significance of energy in driving the economies, the issue of energy poverty is a serious concern for policymakers worldwide....

This study investigates the impact of green open spaces in reducing the probability of flooding and open waste burning in urban areas in Indonesia's three largest metropolitan cities: Surabaya, Jakarta, and Medan. This study employs urban village microdata from the 2014 and 2018 Village...

This report makes the case for increased and urgent investment in climate-resilient cities in India. With a doubling of the urban population expected by 2050, from 480 million in 2020 to 951 million, more than half of urban growth, in terms of new infrastructure, buildings, and urban services,...

Based on corrected nighttime light data and firm-level data from 1998 to 2010, we use an urban sprawl index that properly captures the subtle differences in density distribution within cities, extend a hyperbolic distance specification within a parametric stochastic framework to the analysis of...

This paper explores structural transformation in Harare, a city characterized by vertically divided authority. Harare's unique governance structure can offer invaluable insights into the role of political determinants in structural change in African cities. We aim to demonstrate how political...

We examine sorting behavior across metropolitan areas by skill over individuals' life cycles. We show that high-skill workers disproportionately sort into high-amenity areas, but do so relatively early in life. Workers of all skill levels tend to move towards lower-amenity areas during their...

This study examines the environmental implications of urban sprawl on biodiversity conservation in Wa Municipality, Ghana, with particular emphasis on the reduction of vegetation cover due to the expansion of built-up areas. Using a combination of remote sensing, Geographic Information System...

Reconciling economic growth with environmental sustainability is a pressing challenge for resource-dependent economies such as Saudi Arabia. This study analyzes five decades (1970-2020) of data, applying ARDL and NARDL models to evaluate the relationship between economic growth and carbon...

The growing importance of energy efficiency and the sharing economy as critical drivers of sustainable economic development (SED) has garnered significant attention, particularly in rapidly industrializing economies like China. This study explores the impact of these factors on SED in China over...

This study investigates broadband internet's impact on rural-urban migration in China, using the Universal Broadband and Telecommunication Services pilot program as a quasi-experimental setting. Analyzing China Household Finance Survey data (2013-2021) through difference-in-differences...

Despite the presence of literature on just transitions in cities, the knowledge gap exists in analyzing the evolving trends and trajectories of justice themes in urban transitions. This study develops a comprehensive analytical framework to identify the emerging research trends related to urban...

Urbanization is widely acknowledged as a significant driver of a nation's economic growth and participation in global trade. However, there is considerable debate regarding the sequence of events: whether urbanization fosters economic development and, subsequently, trade, economic growth, and...

This study examines the governing factors and susceptibility zones for urban expansion in Bangladesh's major urban areas, including Dhaka, Barisal, Chittagong, Comilla, Narayanganj, Gazipur, Khulna, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Rangpur, and Mymensingh. The main goals of this research are to determine the...

Citizens' activities on social media reflect their movements, which lends itself to capturing human mobility and can take explanatory sequential research in this area a big step forward. This research investigates the triangular pattern that emerges from the 3 phase sides of the human mobility...

City-level greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data is necessary as an input into identifying, planning, and monitoring urban climate change mitigation actions. Until recently, the availability of emissions data at the city level required the existence of a local emissions inventory, produced through...

This knowledge note aims to summarize the relationships between urban form and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, for reference by practitioners and policymakers. It explores the ways in which various elements of urban form can impact the carbon of urban growth. In the context of GHG emissions,...

Approximately 70 percent of greenhouse gas emissions are generated through consumption in urban areas, which means that decarbonization of cities is essential to limit climate change to 1.5 to 2 °C. While per capita emissions in low- and middle-income countries remain low so far, prompt action...

Financial Inclusion (FI) can increase access to financial resources, which can give rise to environmental problems if financial resources are not utilized for renewable projects. Thus, this research aims to empirically test the effect of FI on the environment in the fossil fuel-dependent Saudi...

We document that large cities were instrumental in shaping women's work and family outcomes in the early 20th century. We focus on migrants to Stockholm, Sweden's largest city, using representative, linked census data. Female migrants to Stockholm saw persistent changes in work and family...

Anthropogenic environmental impacts substantially threaten the sustainable development of cities and counties. This paper offers an original assessment of the role played by population, economic growth and technology change in the evolution of local air pollution and soil sealing, using the...

We examine sorting behavior across metropolitan areas by skill over individuals' life cycles. We show that high-skill workers disproportionately sort into high-amenity areas, but do so relatively early in life. Workers of all skill levels tend to move towards lower-amenity areas during their...