Economic geography and the scaling of urban and regional income in India [PDF]
, 2019 We undertake an exploration of the economic income (Gross Domestic Product, GDP) of Indian districts and cities based on scaling analyses of the dependence of these quantities on associated population size. Scaling analysis provides a straightforward method for the identification of network effects in socioeconomic organization, which are the tell-tale
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Reading and interpreting the gateways in contemporary cities: an educational perspective [PDF]
, 2015 This work aims at highlighting the teaching potentialities of urban geography, in particular the didactic value of gateways in contemporary cities.
Cirelli, Caterina +3 more
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Agglomeration and the Adjustment of the Spatial Economy [PDF]
We consider the literatures on urban systems and New Economic Geography to examine questions concerning agglomeration and how areas respond to shocks to the economic environment. We first propose a diagrammatic framework to compare the two approaches. We
Gilles Duranton +2 more
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Monitoring land use change and measuring urban sprawl based on its spatial forms
Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, 2017 As a response to the challenge of rapid pace of urbanization and lack of reliable data for environmental and urban planning, especially in the developing countries, this paper evaluates land use/cover change (LCLU) and urban spatial expansion, from 1987 ...
Hassan Mohammadian Mosammam +4 more
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Measurement of quality of life in informal settlements. Case study: Islamabad neighborhood of Tehran [PDF]
جغرافیای اجتماعی شهری, 2017 Improving the quality of life in a particular place or for individuals and groups has always been the focus of planners'''' attention. In recent years, studies on quality of life have focused mainly on urban nature, and the debate on the quality of urban
Ahmad Pourahmad +3 more
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Measuring heterogeneity in urban expansion via spatial entropy [PDF]
arXiv, 2018 The lack of efficiency in urban diffusion is a debated issue, important for biologists, urban specialists, planners and statisticians, both in developed and new developing countries. Many approaches have been considered to measure urban sprawl, i.e. chaotic urban expansion; such idea of chaos is here linked to the concept of entropy.
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Visualizing urban microclimate and quantifying its impact on building energy use in San Francisco [PDF]
, 2019 Weather data at nearby airports are usually used in building energy simulation to estimate energy use in buildings or evaluate building design or retrofit options.
Hong, T, Luo, X, Sun, K, Xu, Y, Zhang, W
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Spatial Analysis of Employment Indicators, Using the Factor and Cluster Analyses (Case Study: Esfahan Province Towns) [PDF]
نشریه جغرافیا و برنامهریزی, 2014 Increasing young population along with unemployment rates compared to previous years is one of the most serious challenges, and controversial for employment in the country.
Samaneh Mosayebi +3 more
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The geography of wage inequality in British cities [PDF]
, 2015 There is widespread concern about the scale and implications of urban inequality in Great Britain, but little evidence on which cities are the most unequal and why. This paper investigates patterns of wage inequality in 60 British cities.
Atkinson A. B. +24 more
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Analysis and Evaluation of the Vulnerability of the Worn-out and Unstable Texture of the City of Bojnourd in the Face of Earthquakes [PDF]
کاوشهای جغرافیایی مناطق بیابانی, 2019 As the study area, the worn-out texture of Bojnourd was found to be incapable of accommodating those who commute in it, especially as a context in which urban problems of Bojnourd are accumulated.
Yaghob Abdali +3 more
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