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This paper argues for a more systemic engagement with Latin American cities, contending it is necessary to reconsider their unity in order to nuance the 'fractured cities' perspective that has widely come to epitomise the contemporary urban moment in the region. It begins by offering an overview...
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This paper examines data on urbanization. We review the most commonly used data sources, and highlight the difficulties …, as well as those for projecting urbanization. We also analyze recent trends and patterns in urbanization. Finally, we … describe the principal channels of urbanization and examine their relative contributions to the global urbanization process. …
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This paper proposes a new analytical framework with which to analyze the determinants of global CO2 emissions. It contributes to the existing literature by examining the determinants of CO2 emissions using a flexible functional form (transcendental logarithmic model), taking into account the...
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In this paper, we argue that the complexion of housing finance systems in OECD countries, both now and historically, has a significant bearing on a number of core housing-related indicators, including housing form, tenure composition, and urban development. Existing literature in the fields of...
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This paper analyses Russian city growth during the command and transition eras. Our main focus is on understanding the extent to which market forces are replacing command forces, and the resulting changes in Russian city growth patterns. We examine net migration rates for a sample of 171 medium...
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This paper analyses Russian city growth during the command and transition eras. Our main focus is on understanding the extent to which market forces are replacing command forces, and the resulting changes in Russian city growth patterns. We examine net migration rates for a sample of 171 medium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263228
This paper analyzes the impact of urbanization on CO2 emissions in developing countries, taking into account the … different for upper, middle, and low- income countries, urbanization, demonstrate a very different impact on emissions for low …
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Population processes and outcomes (in this case, urbanization) influences and changes the development of an area and … network and the gold rush in the early 80s have contributed to the development of the City. Rapid urbanization soon ensued …
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. Specifically, it presents the urbanization process in the city particularly the demographic and socioeconomic process with emphasis … urbanization as well as the city's potentials for further economic development. These factors will determine whether Lipa City …
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We analyze the efficiency of urbanization patterns in a stylized dynamic model of urban growth with three sectors of …'). If, however, production becomes cleaner over time ('green growth') the equilibrium urbanization path reaches the … efficient urbanization path after finite time without need of a coordinating mechanism. The results may be generalized to take …
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