Brasilia ; Brazil ; Comparative study ; Cultural studies ; Israel ; Jerusalem ; Multiculturalism ; Perception of the urban environment ; Sense of belonging ; Territorial identity ; Territory ; Town ; Urbangrowth
Africa ; Africa south of the Sahara ; Agriculture ; Countryside ; Cultural studies ; Demography ; Economic policy ; General geography ; Globalization ; Population ; Regional economy ; Spatial organization ; Town ; Urbangrowth
Africa ; Cameroon ; Mali ; Space remote sensing ; Spot ; West Africa ; aerial photography ; communities ; growth ; high resolution ; land use ; land use map ; maps ; satellite methods ; urban areas ; urban environment
Profitability and growth in multiregion systems : interpreting the growth of Japan
Capital accumulation ; Capitalism ; Economic growth ; Economy ; Japan ; Multiregional model ; Profit ; Simulation
The paper reports calculations about reasons for the exceptional growth of Japan and for the slowdown in growth in the OECD since the early 1970s. The calculations are based on a multi-region off-equilibrium dynamic model of two regions. The Japan
-Rest of the OECD system was on a trajectory far above dynamic equilibrium levels of profit, accumulation, and growth in 1960. The post-1973 slowdown is simply the effect of the system returning to a trajectory that is nearer dynamic equilibrium.
The effect of federal wilderness on county growth in the intermountain western United States
-density growth between 1980 and 1990. This empirical finding is based on a disequilibrium model of population and employment growth. The study finds no empirical evidence that county-level resource-based employment is adversely affected by the existence
The role of biota in the initiation and growth of islands on the floodplain of the Okavango alluvial fan, Botswana
A group of islands of varying size on the floodplain of the Okavango alluvial fan, were studied to establish the processes which lead to the initiation and growth of islands. It was found that islands are initiated by the mound-building activities
, resulting in vertical and especially lateral growth, causing island expansion.
Optimal environmental policies for sustainable growth : a two-region model
Economic growth ; Model ; Multiregional model ; Optimal control ; Pollution control ; Quality of life ; Regional economy ; Sustainable development ; Well-being
Capital accumulation ; Economic equilibrium ; Economic growth ; Economic system ; Household behaviour ; Model ; Multiregional model ; Regional economy ; Utility fonction
Immigration and slow-growth economies : the experience of South Australia and Tasmania
Australia ; Country of origin ; Demographic change ; Demographic structure ; Economic growth ; Immigration ; Migratory flow ; Population ; South Australia ; Tasmania