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Evolving walkability of major cities in the People's Republic of China
Fan, Peilei; Wan, Guanghua; Xu, Lihua; Park, Hogeun; … - 2017
Context: Walkability is an important element for assessing urban sustainability. There are increased concerns that more cities in the People's Republic of China (PRC) have become less walkable. Objectives: We aim to develop a composite walkability index. We intend to use it to evaluate the...
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Transit-oriented development policies and station area development in Asian cities
Kidokoro, Tetsuo - 2019
Many metropolitan cities in Asia are planning and implementing extensive investment in mass transit networks and thus … Southeast Asia, including Tokyo and Toyama in Japan, Denver in the US, and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. It concludes that the …
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Urban systems and urban development in the People's Republic of China
Chen, Zhao; Lu, Ming - 2015
The People's Republic of China (PRC) is experiencing a trend toward population concentration in its large coastal cities. However, at the same time, there is also a distortion of city size toward small cities in the country. That is to say, the urban population in the PRC should further...
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Infrastructure development and public-private partnership : measuring impacts of urban transport infrastructure in Pakistan
Khan, Muhammad Ayub Mehar - 2020
The core objective of this study is to determine the impacts of improvement and modernization of transport infrastructure on households' income. We analyzed the impacts of a rapid transit system in urban areas of Punjab Province, Pakistan. We have compared the effects of this program in Punjab...
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Framework for public transport integration at railway stations and its implications for quality of life
Nag, Dipanjan; Manoj, B. S.; Goswami, Arkopal K.; … - 2019
Integration of public transport modes has been cited by many as one of the primary factors that enhances public transport ridership and makes public transport investments more viable. Asian cities are witnessing huge investments in high-speed rail (HSR) infrastructure, which will be instrumental...
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Travel and land-use impacts of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail in the Mumbai metropolitan region
Hanni, Chetan Kumar; Yewale, Akash; Chintawar, Soham; … - 2019
Mumbai is the financial capital of India, where the commuter share of suburban rail and city bus systems is greater than 70%. With only one metro line, 11.4 kilometers (km) long (Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar), being operational at present, a large network i.e., about 230 km of metro system has been...
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Impact of the People's Republic of China's growth slowdown on emerging Asia : a general equilibrium analysis
Zhai, Fan; Morgan, Peter J. - 2016
in developing Asia as a whole. However, the impacts vary dramatically by economy within developing Asia, reflecting their …
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Infrastructure investment, private finance, and institutional investors : Asia from a global perspective
Inderst, Georg - 2016
This study evaluates infrastructure investment and finance in Asia from a global perspective. It provides an overview … on infrastructure needs and the various sources of private finance, globally and within Asia, and creates a "bigger … domestic product. The picture is expectedly not uniform across Asia, but some interesting features emerge from global …
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Optimal credit guarantee ratio for Asia
Yoshino, Naoyuki; Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad - 2016
-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Asia. Owing to their significance to national economies, it is important to find ways to provide SMEs with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011522082
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Mortgage lending and financial stability in Asia
Morgan, Peter J.; Zhang, Yan - 2015
We estimated the effect of the share of mortgage lending by individual banks (together with some control variables) on two measures of financial stability - the bank Z-score and the nonperforming loan ratio - for a sample of 212 banks in 19 emerging Asian economies for 2007–2013 from the...
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