factors constrain access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation in India for both the urban and rural poor, and that … their own water and sanitation schemes, not just in rural areas but in urban ones as well. There are definite advantages to …

In this paper we analyze if an 'urban mortality penalty' exists for today's developing countries, repeating the history …-Saharan African countries for differences in child and adult mortality between rural and urban areas. Our findings indicate that child … and 'only' 10.8 percent in urban areas. In contrast, average urban adult mortality rates (on average 14.5 percent) have …

manufacturing industry in Russia. A settlement is counted as part of an urban agglomeration in two cases: that of a large, central … employ a multilevel model, which allows us to consider firm, urban and regional heterogeneity and test two possible … explanations of the productivity advantages of firms in urban agglomerations ? own-sector and all economic activity concentration …

implying an urban-periphery structure when it comes to the impact of market size on productivity in the Swedish economy. Retail …

The paper is devoted to analytical investigation of the division of geographical space into urban and rural areas with …

Urban revitalization programs are widespread used but empirically understudied place-based policy instruments which … which led to the designation of a set of five urban revitalization areas in Berlin, Germany in the beginning of 2010 …. Moreover, the study addresses the question whether the choice of the location of potential urban revitalization areas is …

This text is linked to the question of urban centrality of the city of Salvador, capital of Bahia State, that was … that changes in regional centrality affect urban centrality as well the process of occupation and land use in the city. On … migration of poor populations that put overwhelming pressure upon its ability to provide physical infrastructure and urban …

surveys in selected cities of Metro Manila (urban) and Rosario, Batangas (rural), respectively. Key findings of this paper are … as follows: (1) Proportion of employed among PWD respondents in the urban area is relatively higher than that in the … rural area; (2) Roughly half of working PWDs are underemployed; (3) Employed PWDs in the urban area are dominated by the …

Urban renewal areas are popular but empirically understudied spatial planning instruments designed to prevent urban …