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The impacts of liberalized land markets on the resource water : a property rights approach
Theesfeld, Insa - In: Perspektiven für die Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft …, (pp. 355-366). 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011630851
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Democracy and institutional quality : theory and evidence
Krieger, Tommy - 2019
We present a simple model that illustrates how democracy may improve the quality of economic institutions. The model further suggests that institutional quality varies more across autocracies than across democracy and that the positive effect of democracy on institutional quality is increasing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012236426
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Mind the gap! : global cities and ordinary cities in the planning perspective
Celant, Attilio; Gemmiti, Roberta; Ciccarelli, Silvia; … - 2011
This paper presents a critical debate about the extreme selectivity through which the existing body of literature identifies the critical factors in urban development and competitiveness. It highlights the need to establish policies aimed at "ordinary cities" (Amine Graham, 1997) and "ordinary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011540873
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City silhouette, world climate
Dascher, Kristof - 2013
Global emissions of CO2 need to fall lest climate change will accelerate. Any effective climate policy must raise the price of carbon consumption. From an urban perspective, one desirable effect of a carbon tax would be to induce households to move closer to where they work. This paper shows...
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Effects on service improvement of transport in view of urban sustainability
Kagaya, Seiichi; Uraoka, Masaru; Kato, Ami - 2011
In these years, the urban planning system has been reconsidered in terms of sustainable policies. The sustainability in urban areas involves attempts of urban development including environmental, social and economic improvements, policies and practices in the next generation stage. In most of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011548142
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From talent to creative cities : toward a conceptual framework : 51st European Congress of the Regional Science Association International, New Challenges for European Regions and U...
Chantelot, Sébastien; Pérès, Stéphanie; Virol, Stéphane - 2011 - Very first draft
The creative class approach (Florida, 2002b) has led to many developments. Therefore, measurement of creativity (Chantelot, 2010), economic influence of creative people in urban (Marlet & Van Woerkens, 2007) and rural (McGranahan & Wojan, 2007) environments, or creative people geography...
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How city type, trust and technology affect corruption : a multilevel comparative study : ERSA 55th Congress
Korosteleva, Julia; Mickiewicz, Tomasz; Stepien, Paulina - 2015 - Submission 909 (extended abstract with results)
In this study we investigate how both local environment and individual characteristics explain incidence of corruption. More specifically, we explore how city size, and residing in a capital city influence the two aspects of corruption, notably in individuals' contact with officials, and in the...
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The world city network : national versus global perspective : ERSA Conference paper 2015
Lüthi, Stefan; Thierstein, Alain; Hoyler, Michael - 2015
World cities are important nodes in the global networks of knowledge-based economies. As a result of the growing … empirically using the interlocking network model of the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) research network. Two approaches can … be distinguished from a spatial perspective: a global approach that studies the world city network from the perspective …
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Quality of life and international standardization in the field of sustainable development of communities : 54th ERSA Congress <<Regional development & globalisation: Best practices...
Avanesov, Evgeny - 2014
development of specialized programs. Sustainable development projects in rural or urban areas are flourishing all around the world … technical report on smart urban infrastructures around the world, which will serve as a basis for the development of the future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011503491
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Being on the losing side of global urban development : the limits to managing urban decline
Kreichauf, René - 2014
result of the on-going relocation of industry and metropolisation in a globalizing world. In the era of Post-Fordism, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011504427