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Assessing Household Welfare in Response to Rising Food Prices in The Gambia
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how rising food prices affected household welfare in The Gambia using nationally representative data from the 2015/16 Integrated Household Survey (IHS‐3). The analysis reflects household consumption behavior and market conditions prevailing during that period and provides a structural benchmark for understanding ...
Roger Vorsah +3 more
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Industrial Composition and Agglomeration Shadow: Evidence from China’s Large Urban Systems
Complexity, 2020 New economic geography (NEG) raises the question why the “agglomeration shadow” effect is significant in some urban regions but not others. This study attempts to answer this question in the context of China by examining the impact of industrial ...
Jiaming Li, Dongqi Sun
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Urban Geography and Protest Mobilization in Africa
, 2016 Urbanization has long been seen by scholars and policymakers as a disruptive process that can contribute to social and political unrest, yet there is little cross-national quantitative empirical research on the topic.
S. Fox, A. Bell
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Chinese Trade Competition and Rural Mexican Migration
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001 reshaped global trade, reducing U.S. demand for Mexican manufactured goods and weakening Mexico's manufacturing employment. This study estimates how this trade‐induced decline affected migration and employment decisions among rural Mexicans.
Zachariah Rutledge, Joaquin Mayorga
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International Journal of Digital EarthUnderstanding urban structure is crucial for analysing city dynamics, urban planning, energy efficiency, and environmental sustainability. Extracting urban vertical geometry, such as building heights, is essential to these efforts. However, as cities are
Yizhen Yan +7 more
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A Geografia das Cidades em Bernardino José de Souza
Terra Brasilis, 2017 This text drift from my presentation in the Celebrating Seminar about the Centennial of the 5th Brazilian Geography Congress held in Geographical and Historical Institute of Bahia. Our goal is to analyze the production of Bernardino José de Souza related
Wendel Henrique Baumgartner
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022 Urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) is widely distributed throughout the Global South. Despite urban population growth and diversifying food habits, UPA delivers an important part of urban food supply, as well as other types of services to cities ...
Gordon Prain +4 more
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Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
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Bombed Cities: Legacies of Post-War Planning on the Contemporary Urban and Social Fabric
Urban Planning, 2023 Post-Second World War reconstruction is an important field of research around the world, with strands of enquiry investigating architecture, urban archaeology, heritage studies, urban design, city planning, critical cartography, and social geography ...
Seraphim Alvanides, Carol Ludwig
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Morbidity Among the Aging Population in Northern Bangladesh: An Epidemiological Study
AGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.Multimorbidity (≥ 2 chronic diseases) is common among aging populations, yet evidence from Bangladesh remains limited. A cross‐sectional survey of 540 older adults in Northern Bangladesh (June–August 2022) assessed multimorbidity using interviews and logistic regression analysis. Multimorbidity prevalence was 75.74% (95% CI: 71.9%–79.3%).
Md. Abu Sayem +3 more
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