Urban-rural interaction in China has evolved a lot due to the economic growth and policy influences in the post-reform era since 1978. This evolution has exerted influences on the urban and rural areas in various aspects of demography, economy and environment. At present, China is on a track of...

1. Spatial Inequalities and Regional Development: A Framework -- I. Analytical studies in spatial inequalities and regional development -- 2. On the Contradictions between City and Countryside -- 3. Environmental Protection and Spatial Welfare Patterns -- 4. Contact Potentials in the European...

This paper provides a new data set of regional income inequalities within countries based on satellite nighttime light data. We first empirically study the relationship between luminosity data and regional incomes for those countries where regional income data are available. We subsequently use...