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Dynamics of Transnational Labour Migration Revisited from a Crisis Complex Perspective
Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article uses the notion of crisis complex to analyse the relationship between labour migration and crisis from an institution‐ and process‐oriented perspective. Such an interrogation is timely, given the increasingly crisis‐prone dynamics shaping global labour systems and migration governance, including recruitment, skills recognition and
Ioana Jipa‐Muşat, Nicola Piper
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Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over the past two decades, agricultural restructuring in Vietnam — driven by land consolidation, crop diversification and modernization — has shifted farming from labour‐intensive to capital‐intensive production. This article argues that agrarian change in Vietnam has not simply resulted in the marginalization of women, a finding that ...
Nga Dao, Quang Phung
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Right to the city and critical reflections on property rights activism in China’s urban renewal contexts [PDF]
The rapid transformation of urban socio-spatial landscape in China has resulted in an increasing degree of frustration and discontent among local residents who face threats of demolition and eviction.
Hyun Bang Shin
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Downtown Providence Farmers Market Design [PDF]
, 2014 This market essentially combines a marketplace with an existing or new industrial building. The hybrid created results in space that has daily retail sales and hours, as well as other goods available at other times.
Dansereau, Lindsay +13 more
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The new poor law and the health of the population of England and Wales
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract We estimate the impact of reductions in poor law expenditure on rural life expectancy and mortality rates in England and Wales following the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act. Given the scale of cuts imposed, our estimates imply 8–10 per cent increases in mortality at ages 1–4 years and 2–4 per cent falls in rural expectation of life at birth.
David Green +3 more
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Toward Efficient Urban Form in China [PDF]
Land efficiency in urban China is examined, using Tianjin as a case study, from the perspective of agricultural land conservation; reduction in energy use, conventional pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions; and human time savings.
Bertaud, Alain +3 more
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Life‐cycle living standards of male‐headed households: Evidence from Stockholm, 1800–80
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Recent research in economic history argues for using a household life cycle standard‐of‐living approach that includes the income and expenses of all household members and considers fluctuations in the household over the life course. This study builds on that approach by empirically examining the development of living standards in male‐headed ...
Anton Svensson
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The Geographical Journal, EarlyView.Short Abstract Industrialisation has reshaped European rural areas, leading to both depopulation and, in some cases, lifestyle‐driven repopulation. Our research highlights supply‐side barriers to Alpine repopulation by unpacking the impossibilities of vacant farmhouses revitalisation. Both land transfer traditions ingrained over generation (micro‐level
Bernhard Grüner, Elisabeth Gruber
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What keeps urban areas from declining? Comparison of before and after effects of the urban regeneration project for the Busan city in South Korea. [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Kang Y, Kim T, Kim EJ.
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Policy Capacity for Urban Village Redevelopment in China: A Two-Case Case Study
Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-GovernmentPolicy capacity is described as a determinant for effective policy implementation. Its contents vary according to modes of governance. Based on available academic studies, grey literature, and semi-structured interviews, this study empirically explores how urban village redevelopment has been carried out in two cities, Hangzhou and Guangzhou, through ...
Chunyu Shi +3 more
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