Knowledge of long-term population trends is still incomplete at the global scale. In this perspective, human and animal ecology has intensively studied the relationship between the Mean (M) size and the Variance (V) of specific attributes of subpopulations within a given regional system. One of...

The present research aims to investigate the influence of remittance inflows on the ecological footprint (EFP). It also seeks to evaluate the interactive effects of technological innovation and financial development on the ecological footprint covering the panel data for 94 countries from 1980...

The present research aims to investigate the influence of remittance inflows on the ecological footprint (EFP). It also seeks to evaluate the interactive effects of technological innovation and financial development on the ecological footprint covering the panel data for 94 countries from 1980...

Despite the overwhelming research and useful outcomes on the relationship between hydropower consumption, urban population growth, and environmental quality, the empirical studies have mostly relied on partial indicators of environmental quality and employed conventional econometric models in...

Urban density boosts productivity and innovation, improves access to goods and services, reduces typical travel distances, encourages energy-efficient construction and transport, and facilitates sharing scarce amenities. However, density is also synonymous with crowding, makes living and moving...

This paper examines living conditions-mainly access to infrastructure and basic services-in Kinshasa, by focusing on how they vary within the city and how they are related to household characteristics. First, drawing on a household survey conducted in the capital province in 2018, the paper...

This paper examines living conditions - mainly access to infrastructure and basic services - in Kinshasa, by focusing on how they vary within the city and how they are related to household characteristics. First, drawing on a household survey conducted in the capital province in 2018, the paper...

Gong et al. (2021) made additional challenges to our original paper (Chen et al., 2020A) after we made a detailed reply in Chen et al. (2021) to Gong et al. (2020). In this further reply, we use data-based evidence to demonstrate how Gong et al. (2021) misread or/and misinterpreted our paper and...

Density in urban areas is not a simple concept. It can be defined in a variety of ways. This paper presents alternative measures of urban density and compares how they perform across a set of 59 large urban areas in the United States in 2010. Population and housing unit densities show similar...

The Los Angeles riot of 1992 resulted in 52 deaths, 2,500 injuries and at least $446 million in property damage; this staggering toll rekindled interest in understanding the underlying causes of the widespread social phenomenon of rioting. We examine the causes of rioting using international...

Communities urbanize when the net benefits to urbanization exceed rural areas. Body mass, height, and weight are biological welfare measures that reflect the net difference between calories consumed and calories required for work and to withstand the physical environment. Across the United...

Dieser Forschungsbericht stellt wesentliche Ergebnisse der Fallstudien Göttingen, Ravensburg und Wismar dar, die im Rahmen des DFG-geförderten Forschungsprojektes "Zuwanderungsstrategien - Planungspolitiken der Regenerierung von Städten" (2018-2021) der Forschungsabteilung "Regenerierung von...

Dieser Forschungsbericht stellt wesentliche Ergebnisse der Fallstudien Jena, Brandenburg/Havel und Bamberg dar, die im Rahmen des DFG-geförderten Forschungsprojektes "Zuwanderungsstrategien - Planungspolitiken der Regenerierung von Städten" (2018-2021) der Forschungsabteilung "Regenerierung...

Demographic change is a complex phenomenon, but it has generally been accepted that having better employment opportunities and quality of jobs are among important factors that determine people's mobility. The purpose of this paper is to test the relationship between the increase in the number of...

Scaling is a general analytical framework used by many disciplines — from physics to biology and the social sciences — to characterize how population–averaged properties of a collective vary with its size. The observation of scale invariance over some range identifies general system types,...

This paper estimates the effects of the send-down movement during the Cultural Revolution---when about 16 million urban youth were mandated to resettle in the countryside---on rural education. Using a county-level dataset compiled from local gazetteers and population censuses, we show that...

"In Making Women Pay, Smitha Radhakrishnan explores India's microfinance industry, which in the last two decades has come to saturate the everyday lives of women in the name of state-led efforts to promote financial inclusion and women's empowerment. Despite this favorable language, she argues,...

This is a rejoinder to a comment written by Cutler and Miller on our recent paper, "Public Health Efforts and the Decline in Urban Mortality" (IZA DP No. 11773), which reanalyzes data used by Cutler and Miller to investigate the determinants of the urban mortality decline from 1900 to 1936. Two...

We use survey data to examine whether there are some sociodemographic groups that particularly value the amenities that cities provide. We find that young, single and childless persons and young men with tertiary education are relatively more satisfied with urban areas as place of residence....

This is a rejoinder to a comment written by Cutler and Miller on our recent paper, "Public Health Efforts and the Decline in Urban Mortality" (IZA DP No. 11773), which reanalyzes data used by Cutler and Miller to investigate the determinants of the urban mortality decline from 1900 to 1936. Two...

Recent population growth across U.S. locations (metros, micros, and remaining counties) has been strongly correlated with initial size and density. From 2000 to 2017, growth was positively correlated with initial population except among medium and large metros (those with population of at least...

The Shrinking City -- The Geography of Shrinkage and Slow Growth -- Industry Shapes a Nation -- Canada’s Most Persistent Shrinking City -- Temporary Decline or a New Era -- Rightsizing and Smart Decline -- Local Perceptions of Urban Shrinkage.