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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003860114
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Urban sprawl and air quality in European cities: an empirical assessment
Cappelli, Federica; Guastella, Gianni; Pareglio, Stefano - 2021
In this paper we estimate the relationship between urban sprawl and a measure of air quality, namely the number of days in which the PM10 concentration exceeds safeguard limits in European Union cities. Building on a multidimensional representation of sprawl, the paper employs several indicators...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012487819
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Safety in smart, livable cities : acknowledging the human factor
Bickley, Steve J.; Macintyre, Alison; Torgler, Benno - 2021
AI and Big Data provide opportunities and challenges with respect to how we achieve safety in livable smart cities. In this contribution, we look at set of aspects that are important at the city level; namely, how urban analytics and digital technologies can be used; how crime safety is influenced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012522582
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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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The circular city and the building sector
Franz, Gianfranco - 2020
The essay deals with the issue of urban circularity understood as a subset of the Circular Economy paradigm, highlighting potential and limits of an emerging new model spreading on a global scale. The critical reasoning starts from a very recent production of institutional documents and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389896
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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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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376953
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Rural-urban migration, structural transformation, and housing markets in China
Garriga, Carlos; Yangping, Tang; Wang, Ping - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010412905
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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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