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A large literature documents the positive influence of a city's skill structure on its rate of economic growth. By contrast, the effect of a city's age structure on its economic growth has been a hitherto largely neglected area of research. This paper hypothesizes that cities with more...
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-quarters of the country's population will be living in cities. Along with the concentration of people, urbanization will lead to … not delivering on their full potential. Urbanization has not generated the same growth benefits in Morocco as it has in … from its urbanization process.The main message of this note is that urbanization and spatial equity are not competing …
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. Only part of this evolution can be attributed to the gradual urbanization of settlements in the vicinity or larger towns …
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The city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania has undergone a period of unprecedented urbanization that has contributed to the … Urban Development in Africa: Enhancing the Relationship Between Urbanization, Environmental Assets and Ecosystem Services …
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The city of eThekwini or Durban has undergone a period of rapid urbanization that has contributed to the degradation of … green urban development in Africa: enhancing the relationship between urbanization, environmental assets and ecosystem … context, sets the background, and context of the study of Durban, providing an overview of the impacts of urbanization and …
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The city of Kampala has undergone a period of rapid urbanization that has contributed to the degradation of the city … promoting green urban development in Africa: enhancing the relationship between urbanization, environmental assets, and … the background and context for Kampala, providing an overview of the impacts of rapid urbanization and climate change …
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The recent global diffusion of new technologies, combined with the use of big data analytics, can help policymakers promote the effective development of future cities that provide living and work environments in which citizens can thrive. In particular, innovative applications of geospatial and...
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This paper develops a tractable method to identify urban areas and applies it to India, where urbanization is messy …. And the speed of urbanization is only marginally higher than official statistics suggest. But a considerable number of …
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Infant mortality among Hindus is higher than among Muslims in India, and religious differences in sanitation practices have been cited as a contributing factor. To explore whether religion itself is associated with differences in sanitation practices, this study compares sanitation practices of...
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This paper surveys the recent literature exploring the causes of urban pollution in the developing world and the implications of such pollution for a city's competitiveness. Within a system of cities, cities compete for jobs and people. Those cities that specialize in heavy industrial activity...
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