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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract In South Africa, citizens in both low‐ and high‐income areas are increasingly providing their own services to mitigate the unreliability, unaffordability and inaccessibility of state services. This article examines diverse case studies across socio‐economic and residential typologies to explore shifts in service provision responsibilities from
Fiona Anciano +3 more
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Optimized Distribution of Beijing Population Based on CA-MAS
Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 2017 In recent years rapid expansion of populations, disruption of ecological environments, and power shortages to areas of high population density in undeveloped areas have appeared in major cities in China. Well-planned population distribution in a city has
Haoguang Liang, Zhong Wang
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Wie Städte dem Umland Paroli bieten können
Raumforschung und Raumordnung, 2008 The growing attractiveness of residential locations in urban areas compared with peripheral areas is strongly discussed. Nevertheless, migrations from cities to surrounding areas continue both in growing and shrinking cities.
Brigitte Adam +2 more
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Recent scholarship has examined the informal activities of elites. While existing theories suggest that informality is a realm where the state guarantees unhindered access to land and property rights and, subsequently, citizenship entitlements for elites, they have yet to explain how affluent residents of informal colonies obtain citizenship ...
Vivek Mishra
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how modern class dynamics become intertwined with automated classifications and data‐driven regimes of value creation under digital capitalism by demonstrating how housing markets shape asset inequalities and middle‐class formation in South Africa.
Julien Migozzi
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PLoS ONE, 2019 Price inflation has outbalanced the income of residents and buyers in major post-industrial city-regions, and real estate has become an important driver of these inequalities.
Renaud Le Goix +4 more
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Peripheral Rural Areas around Poznań and Their Value Measured with Economic Indicators
Barometr Regionalny, 2015 In the era of consumption — appropriation of rural areas located in the metropolitan region of Poznań it seems reasonable to estimate their material value.
Aleksandra Godek, Marek Pietrucki
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Comparing Two Residential Suburban Areas in the Costa Blanca, Spain
Articulo – revue de sciences humaines, 2016 The Costa Blanca in the province of Alicante (Spain) represents an emblematic example of suburban development around Mediterranean medium-sized cities, with the existence of a wide range of residential settlements devoted both to the native population and foreign-born groups. Condominiums, gated communities and single-family housing have few facilities
Serrano-Estrada, Leticia +2 more
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THE ILLUSION OF FLEXIBILITY: Housing Aspirations Across Generations in Brazil's Formal Market
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract With this study we join the conversation on housing aspirations from a Brazilian perspective, which is marked by coexisting formal and informal markets, investigating how market‐driven narratives and socioeconomic factors shape these aspirations across generations in urban areas.
Rafael Kalinoski, Mario Prokopiuk
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Waste‐to‐biofuel (WTB) programs have gained popularity as a municipal circular economy and an emissions reduction strategy. The upgrading of biofuels to renewable natural gas (RNG) has drawn particular interest, as RNG can displace conventional fossil fuels in any existing natural gas end use and be delivered through existing pipeline ...
Taylor Davey
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