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Relying on the present literature, official statistics, and household survey data in the People's Republic of China …
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Despite the massive forced relocation of residents during urban restructuring in China, there are no systematic studies … on how residents undergo the process. Most studies concerning urban restructuring in China directly equate forced … restructuring in China. It takes forced relocation to be a process with changing contents over time, and as a specific type of …
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The ongoing problem of urban poverty has resisted almost all attempts at finding a solution. This paper proposes that by mobilizing the available labor in a poor urban neighborhood, poverty can be alleviated. This will require a motivated community organizer along with community leaders who...
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This paper discusses the impact of growing joblessness and dwindling work opportunities on inner-city areas in America. The lack of low-skilled manual work in the inner city is linked to poverty, crime, family dissolution and the social life of neighbourhoods. The paper discusses this impact at...
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Since the 1950s, there has been a steady decentralization of entry-level jobs towards the suburbs of American cities, while racial minorities - and particularly blacks - have remained in city centers. In this context, the spatial mismatch hypothesis argues that because the residential locations...
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