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Comprehending Urbanization, Urban Schemes and Urban Villages in Contemporary India
Artha Vijnana, 2023Most of the population of the Global South would be migrating from the villages to the cities in search of more opportunities in terms of employment, better educational and health facilities and physical infrastructure in the 21st Century. A distinctive feature of urbanization in Asian countries has been the rise of mega cities, which means that most ...
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From Urban Consolidation to Urban Villages
Urban Policy and Research, 1991In providing the wrap-up to this series of papers on urban consolidation in Perth there are three key areas that stand out to me:
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Journal of Family Issues, 2001
This study examined the extent to which an urban village exists, in a sample of 206 African American, European American, and Hispanic American families with an elementary schoolaged child. The urban village was evident in parental social networks with family, friends, and neighbors, although the nature of these networks varied.
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This study examined the extent to which an urban village exists, in a sample of 206 African American, European American, and Hispanic American families with an elementary schoolaged child. The urban village was evident in parental social networks with family, friends, and neighbors, although the nature of these networks varied.
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Is eco-village/urban village the future of a degrowth society? An urban planner's perspective
Ecological Economics, 2014In the degrowth literature, relocalization is widely considered as a strategic approach to transition to a degrowth society, and eco-village/urban village is argued to be the spatial organization suitable for implementing localism. These debates on eco-village/urban village as a vision for long-term sustainability have profound implications for the ...
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Greenery as a mitigation and adaptation strategy to urban heat
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2021Nyuk Hien Wong +2 more
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The Helpfulness of Urban Villagers
1984The failure of people in urban settings to lend assistance to strangers who need help has provoked consideration of many factors that have proved useful in the explanation of helping behavior, for example, diffusion of responsibility, environmental overload, and time pressures. This suggests that there might be equally valuable lessons to be learned if
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