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Divided cities : increasing socio-spatial polarization within large cities in the Netherlands
Zwiers, Merle; Kleinhans, Reinout; Ham, Maarten van - 2015
There is increasing evidence that our societies are polarizing. Most studies focus on labour market and educational outcomes and show a socioeconomic polarization of the bottom and top ends of the population distribution. Processes of social polarization have a spatial dimension which should be...
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Community entrepreneurship in deprived neighbourhoods : comparing UK community enterprises with US community development corporations
Varady, David P.; Kleinhans, Reinout; Ham, Maarten van - 2015
Through a review of the recent American community development literature, this paper tests the assertion that British community enterprises (CEs) are fundamentally similar to American community development corporations (CDCs), and therefore, that CEs can learn from CDCs. In the context of the...
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The support paradox in community enterprise experiments in the Netherlands
Kleinhans, Reinout; Ham, Maarten van - 2016
In many European countries, community entrepreneurship is increasingly considered as a means to initiate small-scale urban regeneration. However, residents in deprived communities are often viewed to lack key entrepreneurial attributes and skills. This paper reports a unique experiment in the...
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Neoliberalization and the changing roles of stakeholders in state-led Shantytown Redevelopment in Shenyang City, China
Li, Xin; Kleinhans, Reinout; Ham, Maarten van - 2016
Neoliberal politics in China have changed the roles of, and the interrelationships between, the state, the market and society in urban restructuring. Since 2008, the central state has initiated the Shantytown Redevelopment Projects (SRPs) to improve the living conditions of low-income residents....
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When distance drives destination, towns can stimulate development
De Weerdt, Joachim; Christiaensen, Luc J.; Kanbur, Ravi - 2021
While city migrants see their welfare increase much more than those moving to towns, many more rural-urban migrants end up in towns. This phenomenon, documented in detail in Kagera, Tanzania, begs the question why migrants move to seemingly suboptimal destinations. Using an 18-year panel of...
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Migration externalities in Chinese cities
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Démurger, Sylvie; Li, Shi - 2015
We analyse the impact of internal migration in China on natives' labour market outcomes. We find evidence of a large positive correlation of the city share of migrants with natives' wages. Using different sets of control variables and instruments suggests that the effect is causal. The large...
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Understanding the experiences of relocatees during forced relocation in Chinese urban restructuring
Li, Xin; Ham, Maarten van; Kleinhans, Reinout - 2016
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 relocation with displacement, which has a negative...
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Walled cities and urban density in China
Du, Rui; Zhang, Junfu - 2018
Throughout the imperial era, defensive walls surrounded Chinese cities. Although most city walls have vanished, the cities have survived. We analyze a sample of nearly 300 prefectural-level cities in China, among which about half historically had city walls. We document that cities that had...
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Cities and entrepreneurs over time : like a horse and carriage?
Naudé, Wim - 2017
property prices and rents, urban congestion and fierce business competition, (ii) environmental sustainability and (iii) the …
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Integration of technological and social components in a smart urban development model : a case study of China
Heshmati, Almas; Koohborfardhaghighi, Somayeh; Summers, … - 2022
The path of urbanization around the world and in particular in China has been rapid. This study addresses measurement … urbanization. This study has a number of objectives. First we identify key determinants of public infrastructure components in …. In another step we estimate the effects of the composite index and its underlying components on urbanization. Finally …
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