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Ghosh, Debashis; Ghosh, Debashis - 1995

Mathematical models of urban spatial structure in cities with decentralized employment involve the interaction between a minimum of three markets: land, labor and capital. I study the interaction between the land and the labor markets carefully. Standard theory assumes that when firms...

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Consolidation versus fragmentation: Testing optimum metropolitan government structure

Moore, Philip Dyer; Moore, Philip Dyer - 1997

The proportion of a unit of government's budget devoted to labor costs determines whether cost reductions at the metropolitan level are achieved through fragmentation or consolidation. Consolidating capital intense functions at higher levels of government is the optimal cost-reducing strategy....

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Market inefficiencies in the equalization of regional unemployment rate differentials in less-developed countries

Gonzalez, Patricio Alejandro Aroca - 1995

The efficiency of the migration process as a market mechanism to equalize regional unemployment rate differentials in less developed countries has been the main aim of this thesis. First, we develop a dynamic model which allows us to describe the worker migration decision under different...

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Development of procedural expertise to support multiattribute spatial decision-making

Lee, Insung - 1994

This study focuses on the development of process oriented support for planning support systems. To support exploration … of ill-structured planning problems, planning support systems should be incorporated within planning processes, decision …To attain these claims about good planning support systems, a DSS Generator for multi-attribute judgment was developed …

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Economic analysis of a land value capture system used to finance road infrastructure: The case of Bogota, Colombia

Ortiz, Alexandra - 1996

Bogota is a city that faces many problems, among them severe deficiencies in its road infrastructure. Financing of road infrastructure has been possible in part through a land value capture mechanism called "valorization charges". The purpose of this thesis is to analyze this financial tool from...

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Environment and development: A study of North-South conflict

Mukherjee, Jaideep - 1996

In this dissertation, we investigate the effects of different environmental-economic policy choices on the well-being of people in the affluent North and the relatively poor South blocks of countries. We also investigate how regional cooperation or noncooperation in choosing these policies...

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An economic analysis of the public-private-community partnership: the case of solid waste management

Alam, Khorshed - 2008

[Abstract]: This paper assesses the economic efficiency of the public-private-community partnership in urban solid waste management in Dhaka City. Waste Concern, a local non-government organization, trialled a partnership approach by integrating all the key stakeholders involved with waste...

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Managing urban growth for efficiency in infrastructure provision: Dynamic capital expansion and urban growth boundary models

Ding, Chengri - 1996

for capital facility planning and for managing urban growth using UGBs. …To analyze the logic of capital facility planning, the rate of urban growth is initially viewed as exogenous, and local … priced at average cost, and the planning horizon is finite. This model demonstrates that under certain parameter values, UGBs …

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Failure and Strategic Projects: Australias Asia-Pacific Vision

Weller, Sally Anne - 2009

This paper uses Australia?s 1980s shift to a new accumulation strategy of ?international competitiveness? to examine the role of failure in shaping state strategic projects. The paper argues that the Australian strategy?s gradual shift from an interventionist to a market-led orientation played...

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Growing Expectations: Understanding the Politics of Smart Growth in the American States

Gray, Regina Cathlyn - 2005

When asked what is on the minds of voters during the previous two national election cycles, many citizens responded unfavorably to air pollution, traffic congestion, and inadequate access to public facilities, parks and recreation. They specifically blame the lack of open space as the basis of...

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