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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...
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urbanization are unsustainably high. Deep existing deficits in basic urban services such as housing, transit, water, sanitation and …
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Institutional Fragmentation and Urbanisation in the EU Cities This article examines the relationship between institutional fragmentation and the spatial extent of cities in Europe's Functional Urban Areas. European Union planning regulations vary across member states, but in most cases, local...
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equilibrium in the early stage of China's development. The regionally decentralized authoritarian regime of China features lower …-powered public-sector pay scale in China. We propose a principal-agent model, where the principal represents the Chinese people …
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Globally as well as in China, cities have contributed to most of the economic output and have accordingly given rise to … most CO2 emissions. In particular, given unprecedented urbanization, cities will play an even greater role in shaping … whatever climate commitments beyond 2020 that China may take. Given the paramount importance of cities, China is practicing low …
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China has gradually recognized that the conventional path of encouraging economic growth at the expense of the … environment cannot be sustained. It has to be changed. This article focuses on China's efforts towards energy conservation and …
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The Chinese leadership in November 2013 determined to embark upon a new wave of comprehensive reforms in China. This is … clearly reflected by the key decision of the Third Plenum of the 18th Central Committee of Communist Party of China to assign … is crucial because it sends clear signals to both producers and consumers of energy. While the overall trend of China …
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both producers and consumers of energy. While the overall trend of China's energy pricing reform since 1984 has been moving … reforms for coal, petroleum products, natural gas, electricity and renewable power in China, and provides some analysis of … these energy price reforms, in order to have the market to play a decisive role in allocating resources and help China …
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