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Reimagining India's urban future : a framework for securing high-growth, low-carbon, climate-resilient urban development in India
Tewari, Meenu; Aziz, Zeba; Cook, Mitchell; Goldar, Amrita; … - 2015
urbanization are unsustainably high. Deep existing deficits in basic urban services such as housing, transit, water, sanitation and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011301949
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Land use and land acquisition laws in India
Hoda, Anwarul - 2018
The enactment of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation Act, 2013, has made sweeping changes in the land acquisition laws of India (LARR Act, 2013). By increasing the compensation for acquired land, mandating a social impact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011880515
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Trade in a "green growth" development strategy global scale issues and challenges
De Melo, Jaime - 2012
The paper surveys the state of knowledge about the trade-related environmental consequences of a country's development strategy along three channels: (i) direct trade-environment linkages (overexploitation of natural resources and trade-related transport costs);(ii) "virtual trade" in emissions...
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The poverty-growth-inequality triangle
Bourguignon, François (contributor) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002583724
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Escaping the middle-income trap : a cross-country analysis on the patterns of industrial upgrading
Wang, Lili; Wen, Yi - 2018
With rapid industrial upgrading along the global value chain of manufactured goods, China has transformed, within one generation, from an impoverished agrarian society to a middle-income nation as well as the largest manufacturing powerhouse in the world. This article identifies the pattern of...
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Convergence in the United States : a tale of migration and urbanization
DiCecio, Riccardo (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003741059
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Urban issues and solutions in the context of sustainable development : a review of the literature
Grizans, Jurijs - 2009
; urbanization ; city ; urban environment ; city's metabolism ; ecological footprint of city …
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The migration response to increasing temperatures
Cattaneo, Cristina; Peri, Giovanni - 2015
Climate change, especially the warming trend experienced by several countries, could affect agricultural productivity. As a consequence, rural incomes will change, and with them the incentives for people to remain in rural areas. Using data from 116 countries between 1960 and 2000, we analyze...
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Rural-urban migration, structural transformation, and housing markets in China
Garriga, Carlos; Yangping, Tang; Wang, Ping - 2014
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The impact of urbanization on CO2 emissions : evidence from developing countries
Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada - 2008
This paper analyzes the impact of urbanization on CO2 emissions in developing countries. In this study we treat …. We contribute to the existing literature by examining the effect of urbanization, taking into account the presence of …, middle, and low-income countries, additional demographic variables, namely, urbanization, demonstrate a very different impact …
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