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Small-scale manufacturing and regional industrialization

Uribe-Echevarria, Uribe-Echevarria, F. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1991

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An institutional economic approach to land and propterty markets: Urban dynamics and institutional change

vdr Krabben, E.; Lambooy, J.G. - Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management - 1994

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Управление земельными ресурсами в городах: анализ проблем

Kozlova, Светлана Вячеславовна … - Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) - 2010

В статье приведены основные риски управления земельными ресурсам городов .Отсутствие генеральных планов городов, схем развития инженерных инфраструктур,...

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Mapping Urbanization Dynamics in Major Cities of Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, and Bolivia Using Night-Time Satellite Imagery

Parés-Ramos, Isabel K.; Álvarez-Berríos, Nora L.; … - In: Land 2 (2013) 1, pp. 37-59

information about the urban extent and patterns of urbanization in cities of this region. In this study, we analyzed population … growth, urban density and urbanization dynamics between 1992 and 2009 in the major cities of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and … utility of Google Earth and night-time lights for monitoring urbanization. …

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New Cropland on Former Rangeland and Lost Cropland from Urban Development: The “Replacement Land” Debate

Emili, Lisa A.; Greene, Richard P. - In: Land 3 (2014) 3, pp. 658-674

In this study, a land use/land cover change analysis method was developed to examine patterns of land use/land cover conversions of cropland to urban uses and conversions of rangeland to cropland uses in the United States (US) Midwest region. We used the US 2001 and 2006 National Land Cover...

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Coping with a Self-Induced Shock: The Heterarchic Organization of the London Olympic Games 2012

Grabher, Gernot; Thiel, Joachim - In: Social Sciences 3 (2014) 3, pp. 527-548

This paper starts from the assumption of a structural analogy between mega-events and large-scale disasters. Both imply forceful interruptions of everyday routines, and both involve imperatives for imminent action. Similar to the immovable deadline of an opening ceremony, a looming natural...

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Impact of Transmilenio on density, land use, and land value in Bogotá

Bocarejo, Juan Pablo; Portilla, Ingrid; Pérez, Maria … - In: Research in Transportation Economics 40 (2013) 1, pp. 78-86

While urban sprawl has been the general growth pattern in most developing cities worldwide, the city of Bogotá has undergone a process of densification in specific areas in the past decade. Using a differences-in-differences methodology, we have shown that the bus rapid transit (BRT) network,...

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Il quadro concettuale e le esperienze di misurazione delle Smart Cities

de santis, roberta; Fasano, Alessandra; Mignolli, Nadia; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The concept of Smart City is considered increasingly strategic for the solution to the questions related to the irreversible urban agglomeration growth. Created in the nineties in parallel to the liberalisation process of telecommunications and the development of internet services, this...

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Smart city: fact and fiction

De Santis, Roberta; Fasano, Alessandra; Mignolli, Nadia; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

Transforming a city into a Smart City is a complex and multidimensional process which changes over time since all the involved stakeholders work to achieve more and better results. “To be smart” affects many aspects of a city including economics, government, people, living, mobility,...

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Study regarding Theatres' Role in Increasing Urban Competitiveness

CORBOª, Rãzvan-Andrei; POPESCU, Ruxandra-Irina - In: REVISTA ADMINISTRATIE SI MANAGEMENT PUBLIC 2013 (2013) 20, pp. 78-96

The analysis of successful experiences in urban development shows that one important vector in increasing the popularity of a metropolis, so necessary in urban competition, is the "theatre-logo". "La Fenice" in Venice, Royal Theatre in Madrid, La Scala in Milan, "Globe" Theatre in London,...

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