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Given the indisputable fact that urbanization has long become the cornerstone of industrialization and development … efforts in India, this paper specifically takes up the issues of urbanization as related to energy usage and sustainability … issues. We find that urbanization has followed a model that is neither energy-efficient, nor, for the very same reasons …
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This paper explores the concept of city ranking as a way to measure dynamics and complexities of urban life. These rankings have various dimensions and uses. Both the context in which these rankings are done, and their nature has changed considerably overtime. These rankings are also afflicted...
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The solid waste is increasing in Pune city due to growth of population, urbanization, higher per capita income and … commercial units are higher. Solid waste is inevitable task in urbanization process and it will increase in future. The …
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Rapid urbanization is a fact of live even in the least developed countries (LDCs) where the lion’s share of the … consequences -- in particular, the policy implications -- of the ongoing urbanization in the African LDCs. It is found that the … emerging trends and patterns of urbanization in the African LDCs within a dynamic dual-dual framework with a strong emphasis on …
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This paper explores the concept of city ranking as a way to measure dynamics and complexities of urban life. These rankings have various dimensions and uses. Both the context in which these rankings are done, and their nature has changed considerably overtime. These rankings are also afflicted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789694
This paper assesses recent migration trends in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Within the last decade (1999-2009) the Russian Federation became the world’s second largest recipient of migrants after the United States, while the Ukraine became the fourth largest and Kazakhstan...
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the market, and the most intense urbanization process on the planet. The aim of this paper is not to discuss the …
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early demographic transition (before 1950) are much richer than latecomers, suggesting that urbanization plays a more … urbanization are substitutable factors that trigger the country’s demographic transition. Finally, if one accepts the premise that …
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Transylvania and Hungary, I have pursued to dignify and quantify different aspects of the urbanization degree in the Arad County … urbanization was evident along the eighteenth century both in terms of population growth and a great social mobility and also in … eighteenth century were the basement of the future process of urbanization of Arad County in the century that has followed. …
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. Urbanization and informal sector are joint and rising trends in these countries. The informal sector represents a significant part …
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