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Climate, urbanization, and conflict : the effects of weather shocks and floods on urban social disorder
Castells-Quintana, David; McDermott, Thomas K. J. - 2019
In this paper, we test the effect of weather shocks and floods on urban social disorder for a panel of large cities in developing countries. We focus on a particular mechanism, namely the displacement of population into (large) cities. We test this hypothesis using a novel dataset on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012030663
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Remoteness, urbanization and child nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa
Headey, Derek; Stifel, David; You, Liangzhi; Guo, Zhe - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012110257
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Using the ARDL-ECM approach to explore the nexus among urbanization, energy consumption, and economic growth in Jiangsu province, China
Guan, Xueling; Zhou, Min; Zhang, Ming - In: Emerging markets finance & trade : a journal of the … 51 (2015) 2, pp. 391-399
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Secondary towns, agricultural prices, and intensification : evidence from Ethiopia
Vandercasteelen, Joachim; Tamru, Seneshaw; Minten, Bart; … - 2017 - Version: February 2017
Urbanization is happening fast in the developing world and especially so in sub-Saharan Africa where growth rates of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011628795
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Agrarian structures, urbanization, and inequality
Oyvat, Cem - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 83 (2016), pp. 207-230
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011603620
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The political economy of Russian city growth
Gang, Ira N.; Stuart, Robert C. - 1999
This paper examines the political economy of Russian city growth. For the 1980s, we model the growth of 168 Russian cities located in 71 Russian provinces (oblast level). We examine the role of both general socio-economic characteristics and specific state controls. Our goal is to understand the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011576984
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Infrastructure and urbanization in the People's Republic of China
Li, Zhigang - 2017
relationship between investment, urbanization, and economic growth. In one mechanism, urbanization generates demand for … productivity. Another mechanism emphasized in this paper is that infrastructure investment can promote urbanization through … of goods and production factors (labor and capital) is a fundamental force that drives urbanization, but the market may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011585947
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An analysis on the price of urban land in Iran's provinces during 2001 to 2011
Ghanbari, Mohammad; Shokuhi, Mohammad Ajza; Rahnama, … - In: Journal of urban economics and management : a quarterly … 4 (2016) 14, pp. 77-99
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Housing system and urbanization in the People's Republic of China
Chen, Jie - 2016
pattern of urbanization. It first discusses how housing policies determine the supply and demand of housing in urban PRC and … interaction between the housing system and urbanization is unique, but it clearly indicates that an effective housing system that … can responsively provide adequate and affordable housing is crucial to the success of inclusive and equitable urbanization. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011561599
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Human capital and urbanization in the People's Republic of China
Xing, Chunbing - 2016
The relationship between human capital development and urbanization in the People's Republic of China (PRC) is explored …, and guaranteeing equal opportunity for all residents are necessary for a sustainable urbanization process in the PRC. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011561646