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The objective of this article is to provide an overview of recent urban u-community development. The original English term 'ubiquitous' comes from the Latin, meaning 'existing everywhere'. It first became widely used in the IT field after Mark Weiser coined a term 'ubiquitous computing' in the...
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Developing countries have seen a rapid rise in population urbanization in the past decades. At the same time, they have … participated actively in the process of globalization. However, possible interlinks between population urbanization and trade … explaining the cereals trade-population urbanization nexus, showing how cereals supply constrains population urbanization and how …
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Smart cities represent the future of urban development in Emerging Asia as more and more cities and countries resort to smart technologies to build more efficient and liveable urban environments, boost economic growth, foster well-being and facilitate citizen engagement. Policy makers in the...
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Many metropolitan cities in Asia are planning and implementing extensive investment in mass transit networks and thus are now on the threshold of becoming transit cities or car traffic saturation cities. The promotion of transit-oriented development (TOD) policies will be a key to the...
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China's Industrial Transfer Policy (ITP) is a novel place-based development policy of unprecedented scale. The policy targets a set of inland cities aiming to i) grow them in size and ii) restructure them into manufacturing hubs. These cities would eventually relieve pressure in China's coastal...
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"Urbanization and Decentralization: The changing urban-rural linkages and opportunities of decentralization of services … urbanization and decentralization. Ever stronger linkages between urban and rural areas represent a challenge for sustainable … reviews the evidence of synergies and pitfalls between urbanization and decentralization with concepts of economic geography …
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suggests that the PRC government should adjust its policies on future urbanization for fewer restrictions on the further growth …
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capitalization is now central to the urbanization process and that the urban fabric has provided the corporation with a durable … structure to guarantee a stream of income. Capitalized urbanization, I contend, is the building of a certain future into the … urban present - also understood as the extension of time (the future) through the concentration of space (urbanization). It …
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This paper investigates the impact urbanization, industrialization, corruption, human development, energy consumption …
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The latest volume of UT Connect, following on from previous editions such as the Habitat III special issue and a UK-themed edition, showcases the outcomes of the Bridging European Urban Transformations initiative. Organised in collaboration with a range of European partners, including the...
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