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Patterns of Migration, Water Scarcity and Caste in Rural Northern Gujarat
Fishman, Ram; Jain, Meha; Kishore, Avinash - eSocialSciences - 2013
Patterns of rural-urban migration and employment shifts in a region that is facing ongoing depletion of groundwater resources in Northern Gujarat, India is discussed. Given that migration typically does not occur due to one singular risk, the study assessed the multifactorial drivers of...
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Contribution of Vendors in Selected Cities
eSocialSciences; National Association of Street Vendors … - 2013
Statistics, laws, acts and court cases related to street vendors. [NASVI]. URL:[http://nasvinet.org/newsite/statistics-the-street-vendors-2/].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945284
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Women's Migration, Urban Poverty and Child Health in Rajasthan
Kumar, Maya Unnithan; MCNAY, K; CASTALDO, A - eSocialSciences - 2014
search of employment contribute to the rising levels of urban poverty in cities such as Jaipur, where the present study is …
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The Cost of Unserved Energy: Evidence from Selected Industrial Cities of Pakistan
Siddiqui, Rehana; Jalil, Hafiz Hanzla; Nasir, Muhammad; … - eSocialSciences - 2012
. The study is based on a survey conducted for four major industrial cities of Punjab—Gujrat, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, and …
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The Impact of NREGA on Rural-Urban Migration: Field survey of Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu
Jacob, Naomi - eSocialSciences - 2013
to cities to find work because they cannot survive on what they can earn in their own villages. Can NREGA be used to curb …
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The State of the World's Children 2012: Children in an Urban World
United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF - eSocialSciences - 2012
children – now live in cities and towns. This report adds to the growing body of evidence and analysis, from UNICEF and …
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Labour Market in Urban Agglomerations: A case from an Indian Global City
Paul, G.D Bino; M, Krishna Krishna - eSocialSciences - 2011
cities. To capture the role of labour market in urban agglomeration, particularly pooling of labour and concentration of …
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China’s Housing Markets: Regulatory Interventions Mitigate Risk of Severe Bust
Dyck, Steffen; Just, Tobias; Clemens, Ulrich - eSocialSciences - 2011
A closer look at the developments in 35 cities across China, looking for potential regional real estate bubbles. An …
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Tomorrow's Cities, Today's Youth: Perspectives from UN World Youth Forum
Prakash, Kaveri - eSocialSciences - 2006
The cities of tomorrow are in poor countries, where the largest proportion of the population is below 25 years old and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250059
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Urban Governance and Finance in India
Bird, Richard.M.; Rao, M. Govinda - eSocialSciences - 2010
Over 330 million people live in India’s cities; 35 cities have a population of over a million and three (Mumbai …, Delhi, and Kolkata) of the 10 largest metropolises in the world are in India. India’s cities are large, economically …
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