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Corporate urbanization : between the future and survival in Lebanon
Sharp, Deen S. - 2018
capitalization is now central to the urbanization process and that the urban fabric has provided the corporation with a durable … structure to guarantee a stream of income. Capitalized urbanization, I contend, is the building of a certain future into the … urban present - also understood as the extension of time (the future) through the concentration of space (urbanization). It …
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Transit-oriented development policies and station area development in Asian cities
Kidokoro, Tetsuo - 2019
Many metropolitan cities in Asia are planning and implementing extensive investment in mass transit networks and thus are now on the threshold of becoming transit cities or car traffic saturation cities. The promotion of transit-oriented development (TOD) policies will be a key to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012007561
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Transit-Oriented Development Policies and Station Area Development in Asian Cities
Kidokoro, Tetsuo - 2019
Many metropolitan cities in Asia are planning and implementing extensive investment in mass transit networks and thus are now on the threshold of becoming transit cities or car traffic saturation cities. The promotion of transit-oriented development (TOD) policies will be a key to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861130
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The cost of misguided urbanization : the case of informal settlements in Butuan City, Philippines
Navarro, Ma. Kresna D.; Almaden, Catherine Roween C. - 2014
The informal settlements in Butuan City, Philippines pose the intractable problem of housing and providing services for the urban poor. They exact tremendous costs to government infrastructure projects and the city as a whole. In this study, these costs are accounted for, particularly the costs...
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Divergence of human capital in cities in the People's Republic of China : exploring complementarities and spatial agglomeration of the workforce with various skills
Liang, Wenquan; Lu, Ming - 2016
In cities, complementarity between a low-skilled and a high-skilled workforce can promote each other to improve labor productivity. In this study, we used earlier census data and 1% population survey data to examine the distribution of the skilled workforce in cities in the People's Republic of...
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When distance drives destination, towns can stimulate development
De Weerdt, Joachim; Christiaensen, Luc J.; Kanbur, Ravi - 2021
While city migrants see their welfare increase much more than those moving to towns, many more rural-urban migrants end up in towns. This phenomenon, documented in detail in Kagera, Tanzania, begs the question why migrants move to seemingly suboptimal destinations. Using an 18-year panel of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012484443
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When distance drives destination, towns can stimulate development
De Weerdt, Joachim; Christiaensen, Luc J.; Kanbur, Ravi - 2021
While city migrants see their welfare increase much more than those moving to towns, many more rural-urban migrants end up in towns. This phenomenon, documented in detail in Kagera, Tanzania, begs the question why migrants move to seemingly suboptimal destinations. Using an 18-year panel of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012489741
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Urban Residents' Prejudice and Integration of Rural Migrants into Urban China
Tse, Chun-Wing - 2014
Using data from a 2011 national household survey, this paper examines the factors shaping urban residents' prejudice toward rural-to-urban migrants and the impacts of prejudice on rural migrants' integration into urban communities. The results show that urban residents with higher education and...
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Tourism fuels an emerging city : the case of Tagbilaran City, Bohol
Acejo, Iris; Del Prado, Fatima Lourdes; Remolino, Darlyne - 2004
This paper traces the urbanization experience of Tagbilaran City, Bohol taking into account the demographic development … urban status. It also looks into the nature and magnitude of government responses to the demands of increasing urbanization …
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Space to maneuver : collective strategies of indigenous villagers in the urbanizing region of northwestern China
Song, Jing - In: Eurasian geography and economics 55 (2014) 4, pp. 362-380
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