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This paper argues for a more systemic engagement with Latin American cities, contending it is necessary to reconsider their unity in order to nuance the 'fractured cities' perspective that has widely come to epitomise the contemporary urban moment in the region. It begins by offering an overview...
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Rapid urbanization is an important characteristic of African development and yet the structural transformation debate … foreign trade) and benefits from urbanization (internal migration and agglomeration effects). Simulations suggest that urban … national growth. Given these trade-offs, we conclude that the urbanization's benefits argue against an agro …
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This paper analyses Russian city growth during the command and transition eras. Our main focus is on understanding the extent to which market forces are replacing command forces, and the resulting changes in Russian city growth patterns. We examine net migration rates for a sample of 171 medium...
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This paper analyses Russian city growth during the command and transition eras. Our main focus is on understanding the extent to which market forces are replacing command forces, and the resulting changes in Russian city growth patterns. We examine net migration rates for a sample of 171 medium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263228
This paper analyzes the impact of urbanization on CO2 emissions in developing countries, taking into account the … different for upper, middle, and low- income countries, urbanization, demonstrate a very different impact on emissions for low …
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Cross-country regressions suggest that urbanization and FDI are important drivers of growth. However, it is not clear …
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This paper aims to examine the potential of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) to address energy- related issues during the rural transition process in China, using a case study of quickly urbanizing and industrializing Yinzhou district in coastal Zhejiang province. Yinzhou's per capita GDP...
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Population processes and outcomes (in this case, urbanization) influences and changes the development of an area and … network and the gold rush in the early 80s have contributed to the development of the City. Rapid urbanization soon ensued …
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. Specifically, it presents the urbanization process in the city particularly the demographic and socioeconomic process with emphasis … urbanization as well as the city's potentials for further economic development. These factors will determine whether Lipa City …
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increased urbanization raises the costs of carbon policies due to altered consumption patterns. …
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