measures to promote comprehensive development in rural China. The fundamental purpose is to accomplish integrated urban … level in China is assessed by the principal component analysis of selected variables which represent the socioeconomic … and IURD at provincial level in China in the period 1980-2010. The analysis also controls variables such as locational …

contribute to Chinese urbanization. Finally, we show that better institutions in Concessions facilitated the emergence of modern … road networks in Chinese cities that persist today and contribute to Chinese urbanization. …

The paper studies trends in the urbanization in Russia and compares them with the global ones. Russia has high level of … urbanization, urban population reached 73% in 1990, and the rate of urbanization fluctuates around this level past 20 years. The …, 1999, and 2004. The paper discusses advantages and disadvantages of the urbanization to the economic development and …

"Urbanization and Decentralization: The changing urban-rural linkages and opportunities of decentralization of services … urbanization and decentralization. Ever stronger linkages between urban and rural areas represent a challenge for sustainable … reviews the evidence of synergies and pitfalls between urbanization and decentralization with concepts of economic geography …