Power and conflict in pro-growth regimes : tensions in economic development in Jersey City and Detroit
Conflict ; Detroit ; Local authority ; Local development ; Local government ; Town ; United States of America ; Urban administration ; Urban economy ; Urban policy
Correlation ; Demographic change ; Demographic structure ; Development ; Economic development ; Environment ; Global change ; Population ageing ; Population growth ; Poverty ; Urbanization
The contemporary approach to study of links between population growth and the environment requires considering population as an endogenous variable of a three-element system of population, environment and development. The article focuses
on these demographic processes which are mutually interrelated with environmental impact : changes in population size and structure, especially population ageing, urbanization and poverty in different regions of the world in level of economic development. The most
Spatial patterns and determinants of winter atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations in an urban environment
Arizona ; Carbon dioxide ; Diurnal variation ; Geographical information system ; Human impact ; Regression analysis ; Spatial variation ; Thematic mapping ; United States of America ; Urban climate ; Urban traffic ; Vegetation ; Winter
This research is part of a larger National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded effort to understand inter-relationships among CO2 levels, meteorological conditions, human activity, and ecosystem processes in urban Phoenix. The ultimate goal
is to produce an integrated model of CO2 patterns and processes and predict changes in this pattern with continued population growth and land-use change.
for external integration, continuing growth of local well-being and wealth. The arguments put forward by P. Krugman, defining the concept of competitiveness, are wrong and misleading, and cannot be accepted in a territorial regional and urban context.
Cultural studies ; Diaspora ; Identity ; Jews ; Local policy ; Location ; Religion ; Social practice ; United Kingdom ; United States of America ; Urban area ; Urban district
the local politics through which private space is extended into public space. The topic is situated within broader concerns about diasporic Jewish identity, threatened by assimilationism, slow demographic growth and secularization. It invokes recent theories
Argentina ; Buenos Aires ; Gated community ; Large city ; Metropolitan area ; Private space ; Residential area ; Residential environment ; Residential neighbourhood ; Segregation ; Urban change ; Urbangrowth ; Urban society
Air quality ; China ; Demographic change ; Hong Kong ; Internal migration ; Investment ; Labour market ; Living standard ; Productivity ; Town ; Urban development ; Urban economy ; Urbangrowth ; Urban immigration ; Urbanization