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Land use and land cover change has a slow but prolonged impact on various aspects of environment on local, regional and global scales. In developing countries especially population pressure and food demand have compelled conversion of wetlands to built-up and agricultural lands. One such unique...
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India is on the path of developing its smart cities at a faster pace in near future. But what constitutes a smart city and what is purpose of this focus remains to be explored. Through in depth literature review and grounded approach this paper, appraises the genesis of smart city to develop a...
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Abstract Urbanization is a process in which separated and dispersed property rights become concentrated in a specific … various and high transaction costs. Efficient urbanization implies the reduction of these costs. This paper studies how … efficient urbanization reduces transaction costs in the real world, based on a series of contracts rather than the coercive …
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has not been understood in Africa. The study used spatial techniques to explore the pattern of urbanization-COVID-19 nexus …
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Abstract Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) traps heat from the sun, and thereby prevents oceans from becoming frozen solid to keep the earth habitable. CO 2 emission also stimulates global warming and increases the pace of climate change. For such contradictory influences, researchers across the globe have...
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-level data, and the impact of the urbanization policy on TFP is discussed. Design/methodology/approach – The data envelopment …) institution divides Chinese urbanization into halves, which have the opposite correlation on TFP growth. Research limitations … factors that can influence productivity in the course of urbanization. Originality/value – The achievement of the first …
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the trajectories of the urbanization process in Saudi Arabia in its … urbanization impact on the status and management of cultural heritage in the Kingdom. Design/methodology/approach Our study design … integrated a well-articulated theoretical frame of sustainability to gain a heuristical understanding of urbanization in Saudi …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide the first empirical study of external economies (agglomeration economies) in the banking industry. Design/methodology/approach – The author extends a standard specification of banking costs to control for community and market characteristics....
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Purpose This study aims to provide descriptive analysis on urbanization pattern in Sukoharjo Regency and also its …
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exchange rate and urbanization on housing prices, whereas the positive impact of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita … and urbanization on housing prices, whereas the positive impact of GDP per capita, foreign remittances, broad money and …
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