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Power-Couples and the Colocation Hypothesis Revisited
Mariotti, Francesco; Mumford, Karen A.; Pena-Boquete, … - 2015
labour market features. Our results support the urbanisation hypothesis for ongoing couples over either the colocation or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288181
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Agriculture and Regional Development in Greece
Kyrkilis, Dimitrios; Semasis, Simeon - 2012
This paper attempts to explore the effects of post-war war economic development model followed in Greece. The model is characterized by both the neglect of Greek agriculture and the emphasis on industrialization, mainly around the two major cities, Athens and Thessaloniki. The model has to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011340890
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Implications of the 2000 watt society for urban planning and economics.
Lienhard, Melanie - 2014
Based on the increasing popularity and dispersal of the concept of the 2000 watt society the paper analyses what defines the concept and what kind of implications it has including the challenges in regards to urban planning and economics. The literature analysis has shown that a sufficient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399933
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Malthus living in a slum: Urban concentration, infrastructures and economic growth
Castells-Quintana, David; Royuela, Vicente - 2014
rising. Whereas in developed countries urbanisation has been a long and slow process, in developing countries this process is … concentrate in one or few large metropolitan areas of disproportionate size. While urbanisation has been long recognised as a … fundamental element of the process of economic development, sustainable urbanisation has become one of the main and more pressing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400141
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Regional Variation in Urbanisation in India and the Emergence of New Towns
Chatterjee, Mahalaya - 2014
towns. The average level of urbanisation hardly says anything about the regional diversity in urbanisation in the country …. The smaller city states (e.g. Delhi, Chandigarh and Goa) have urbanisation level nearly 100 percent. Among the large … states the highest level of urbanisation in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, followed by western states of Maharashtra and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400189
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Entrepreneurship and the Reallocation of African Farmers
Naudé, Wim - 2015
African agriculture's importance for sustainable development is well appreciated. Indeed, recent years have seen a thorough reappraisal of the sector. What are less well understood, however, are the drivers that reallocate scarce human and physical resources across occupations and space, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401794
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A Multi-Actor Multi-Criteria Analysis of the Performance of Global Cities
Kourtit, Karima; Macharis, Cathy; Nijkamp, Peter - 2013
The strong world-wide urbanisation trend calls for a repositioning of cities, especially the large cities with a global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326242
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More Pensioners, Less Income Inequality? The Impact of Changing Age Composition on Inequality in Big Cities and Elsewhere
Alimi, Omoniyi; Maré, Dave C.; Poot, Jacques - 2017
As is the case in most developed countries, the population of New Zealand is ageing numerically and structurally. Population ageing can have important effects on the distribution of personal income within and between urban areas. The age structure of the population may affect the distribution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653418
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The clash of rural-urban migrants and real estate investors on Phnom Penh's housing market: Prospects for garment workers
Buttmann, Vera - 2017
Housing markets of large cities around the world, particularly in so-called developing and emerging countries, are currently experiencing a clash: On the one hand, large numbers of labour migrants arrive from rural areas and need cheap rental housing. On the other hand, international real estate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011684599
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The sustainable development idea in the management of European metropolitan areas
Danielewicz, Justyna - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 17 (2017) 2, pp. 279-296
The rapid urbanisation of the world leads, i.a., to dynamic development of metropolitan areas. The functional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011849484