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contemporary nexus between city shape and air pollution in India. I find that the compactness of a city has statistically … different compactness measures. While geographic dispersion allows for more fresh air corridors, differences in commuting …
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, South Korea experienced a 10-20% decline in commuting flows, even without government-mandated stay-at-home orders. This … paper quantifies the impact that decreased commuting flows have on PM2.5, PM10, NO2, and CO, using municipality level … commuting data. We find that a 1% decrease in commuting flows decreases air pollutants by 0.08-0.17%, after controlling for …
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We use a spatial general equilibrium model with potential commuting of workers between their place of work and their …
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Sound empirical and quantitative analysis on the relationship between different patterns of urban expansion and environmental or social costs of mobility are still very rare in Europe and the few studies available provide only a qualitative discussion on this. Recently, Camagni et al. (2002)...
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Reducing gender-specific commuting barriers in developing countries has complex and diverse effects on women's labor … findings highlight that alleviating commuting costs does not uniformly boost women's labor participation, as gender roles and …
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This paper examines the relative merits of compact cities or urban sprawl (suburban settlement patterns) as a spatial solution to environmental problems (such as climate control), automobile dependence, economic development, infrastructure costs and the quality of urban life.
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Unlike migration, scant attention has been paid to the phenomenon of commuting by workers in developing countries. This … paper fills this gap by using a nationally representative data set from India to analyze factors that affect the decision of … concentration of secondary sector jobs are more likely to have commuting workers. Regional rural and urban unemployment rates and …
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Unlike migration, scant attention has been paid to the phenomenon of commuting by workers in developing countries. This … paper fills this gap by using a nationally representative data set from India to analyze factors that affect the decision of …
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