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Agriculture, Transportation and the Timing of Urbanization: Global Analysis at the Grid Cell Level
Motamed, Mesbah J.; Florax, Raymond J. G. M.; Masters, … - 2014
This paper addresses the timing of a location's historical transition from rural to urban activity. We test whether urbanization occurs sooner in places with higher agricultural potential and comparatively lower transport costs, using worldwide data that divide the earth's surface at half-degree...
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Agriculture, Transportation and the Timing of Urbanization: Global Analysis at the Grid Cell Level
Motamed, Mesbah J.; Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; Masters, … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014
income today. "Agriculture, Transportation and the Timing of Urbanization: Global Analysis at the Grid Cell Level" has been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255889
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La Vega de Granada: De un espacio agrario en crisis a un complejo paisaje cultural
Asuero, Raúl Puente - In: Revista de Estudios Regionales 01 (2013), pp. 181-213
agrarian landscape, La Vega must implement modern<br> competitive agriculture. It must be reorganised on the basis of …
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Cities in the 21st century: A view from the developing world
Castells-Quintana, David; Herrera, Paula - In: REGION 6 (2019) 2, pp. E1-E6
In this (introductory) paper, we present i) some basic figures about the rise of cities in the developing world, and ii) the four papers of this special issue. This paper and the other four papers in the issue intend to bring the reality of cities of the developing world in the 21st century to...
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Spatial Disparities in Developing Countries: Cities, Regions and International Trade
Venables, Anthony J. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2003
Spatial inequality in developing countries is due to the natural advantages of some regions relative to others and to the presence of agglomeration forces, leading to clustering of activity. This paper reviews and develops some simple models that capture these first and second nature economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005797197
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Spatial disparities in developing countries: cities, regions and international trade
Venables, Tony - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
Spatial inequality in developing countries is due to the natural advantages of some regions relative to others and to the presence of agglomeration forces, leading to clustering of activity. This paper reviews and develops some simple models that capture these first and second nature economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746085
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The Geography of Development within Countries
Desmet, Klaus; Henderson, J Vernon - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
This chapter describes how the spatial distribution of economic activity changes as economies develop and grow. We start with the relation between development and rural-urban migration. Moving beyond the coarse rural-urban distinction, we then focus on the continuum of locations in an economy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084674
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Tapping potentials of innovation for food security and sustainable agricultural growth : an Africa-wide perspective
Husmann, Christine; Braun, Joachim von; Badiane, Ousmane; … - 2015
potentials in agriculture and food systems in Africa for enhanced food security. For maximum impact, the Special Initiative "One … World - No Hunger" of BMZ needs to take note of the whole African landscape of actions in agriculture and food security … related refugee flows. African countries have recently made major commitments to invest in agriculture. The Comprehensive …
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Economic growth, convergence, and agricultural economics
Martin, Will - 2019
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