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examine net migration rates for a sample of 171 medium and large cities for the period 1960 through 2002. We conclude that … unrestricted cities. This pattern seemingly came to an end in the late 1990s. …
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examine net migration rates for a sample of 171 medium and large cities for the period 1960 through 2002. We conclude that … unrestricted cities. This pattern seemingly came to an end in the late 1990s. …
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substantial natural resource exports. Countries also attract more FDI if they have more medium-sized cities and primacy is not too … suffer from primacy. However, FDI is attracted if surrounding countries have fewer cities, restrictions on international … trade and low market potential (income per capita). We tentatively conclude that cities are important drivers of FDI and …
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This paper aims at understanding the dynamics of sectarian violence in the city of Beirut, by looking at the early phase of violence in the Lebanese civil war (1975-90), and the process of dividing Beirut into various sectarian enclaves controlled by the warring militias. The paper aims to show...
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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 …
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Due to the rapid growth of cities in Africa, a larger number of farmers is living in the rural hinterland providing …
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