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VISITORS PERCEPTION ON VANDALISM AND SAFETY ISSUES IN A MALAYSIAN URBAN PARK
MALEK, Nurhayati ABDUL; MARIAPAN, Manohar - In: Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management 4 (2009) 4(13), pp. 93-107
, to understand and expand their knowledge of vandalism in urban parks. … safe environments in park areas. Questionnaire survey was conducted and specifically studies an urban park in the city of … the opportunities provided by the surroundings, user behaviour, lack of security and enforcement, lack of maintenance and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008491377
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Deadly Cities? A Note on Spatial Inequalities in Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Harttgen, Kenneth; Günther, Isabel - 2011
In this paper we analyze if an 'urban mortality penalty' exists for today's developing countries, repeating the history …-Saharan African countries for differences in child and adult mortality between rural and urban areas. Our findings indicate that child … and 'only' 10.8 percent in urban areas. In contrast, average urban adult mortality rates (on average 14.5 percent) have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305602
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Deadly Cities? A Note on Spatial Inequalities in Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Günther, Isabel; Harttgen, Kenneth - 2010
In this paper we analyze if an `urban mortality penalty\' exists for today\'s developing countries, repeating the …-Saharan African countries for differences in child and adult mortality between rural and urban areas. Our findings indicate that child … and `only\' 10.8 percent in urban areas. In contrast, average urban adult mortality rates (on average 14.5 percent) have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330007
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Urban change and rural continuity in gender ideologies and practices: Theorizing from Zambia
Evans, Alice - 2017
Across the world, people in urban rather than rural areas are more likely to support gender equality. To explain this … global trend, this paper engages with geographically diverse literature and comparative rural-urban ethnographic research … against gender-based violence. However, the urban is not inevitably disruptive. Experiences of the urban are shaped by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688561
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Open Economy Public Finance
Wildasin, David E. - 2021
Many important questions in the field of public finance can be viewed as problems involving public policies in open economies. This paper draws together, from that perspective, a wide range of topics in public economics, emphasizing the implications of resource mobility for our understanding of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012582016
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Deadly cities? : a note on spatial inequalities in mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Günther, Isabel; Harttgen, Kenneth - 2010
In this paper we analyze if an `urban mortality penalty' exists for today's developing countries, repeating the history …-Saharan African countries for differences in child and adult mortality between rural and urban areas. Our findings indicate that child … and `only' 10.8 percent in urban areas. In contrast, average urban adult mortality rates (on average 14.5 percent) have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010342912
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Urban change and rural continuity in gender ideologies and practices : theorizing from Zambia
Evans, Alice - 2017
Across the world, people in urban rather than rural areas are more likely to support gender equality. To explain this … global trend, this paper engages with geographically diverse literature and comparative rural-urban ethnographic research … against gender-based violence. However, the urban is not inevitably disruptive. Experiences of the urban are shaped by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011627777
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Open economy public finance
Wildasin, David E. - 2021
Many important questions in the field of public finance can be viewed as problems involving public policies in open economies. This paper draws together, from that perspective, a wide range of topics in public economics, emphasizing the implications of resource mobility for our understanding of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012489638
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Tipping points? Ethnic composition change in Dutch big city neighbourhoods
Ong C. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
large social housing sector, centralised tax regime, and strong regulatory role of the state in housing and urban planning … segregation; Neighbourhood; Tipping point; Urban renewal; Regression discontinuity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856363
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Deadly Cities? A Note on Spatial Inequalities in Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Harttgen, Kenneth; Günther, Isabel - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2011
In this paper we analyze if an 'urban mortality penalty' exists for today's developing countries, repeating the history …-Saharan African countries for differences in child and adult mortality between rural and urban areas. Our findings indicate that child … and 'only' 10.8 percent in urban areas. In contrast, average urban adult mortality rates (on average 14.5 percent) have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009226372