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Richard Florida’s ‘creative class’ theory suggests that diverse, tolerant, ‘cool’ cities will outperform others. Ethnic … cities get the best jobs and most dynamic companies. This paper examines Florida’s ideas, focusing on the evidence in British … cities. Drawing on previously published work, it first tests the Florida model on a set of British cities, finding weak …
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Culture can now be used as an instrument for sustainable economic growth and developmental instrument of cities. By … cultural activities. This study forms a useful contribution on the role of culture in sustainable economic growth of cities. … reorganizing the socio-economic fiber of cities and using cultural activities for economic growth, we can drive these cities …
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Agriculture and rural development are one of the key pillars of the European Union. Macedonia as a country candidate for joining EU is entitled to financial premises of the European Instrument for Pre-Accession Rural Development (IPARD). The importance of agriculture and rural development for...
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The paper verifies the Azzimonti et al. (2014) conclusions on a sample of 53 African countries for the period 1996-2008. Authors of the underlying study have established theoretical underpinnings for a negative nexus between rising public debt and inequality in OECD nations. We assess the...
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rankings and related literature is carried out to suggest a framework for measuring Pakistani cities. …
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There is strong evidence showing that in most countries cities develop sequentially, with the initially largest city …
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We develop a model for developing countries that investigates the factors behind agglomeration of activities in urban giants. Firstly we show that relatively easier market access to external demand provided by the urban giant tends to attract entrepreneurs to this place. Secondly we find that...
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cities and the Quality of Life (QoL) of urban residents, to gain insights into the well-being of the citizens and the state … quality of life in Pakistani cities …
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distribution element by element, taking data from all American cities in 2000, and explain the deviation of the size predicted by …
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countries. Recent research shows that per capita emissions in cities like Bangkok, Cape Town or Shanghai have already reached … the level of cities like London, New York or Toronto. Large parts of the building stock and service infrastructure in … cities in rapidly developing countries is built in the coming decade or two. Decisions taken in this sector today may …
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