My proposal in the thesis is based on my research on the first hand material regarding China's unprecedented urbanization during last two decades of twentieth century. As both insider and outsider, I have witnessed the urbanization of the largest scale in human history in terms of its population...
A sample script converts the three data sets (one from Chandler and two from Modelski—one each for ancient and modern time periods) from wide format into long format, standardizes the column names, and combines them into one large dataset30. A link to this script is included in the ...
Improving access to basic social and health services, including reproductive health care, for poor people in urban slums is also critical to breaking the cycle of poverty.” Life in the megacity of Mumbai (formerly called Bombay) in India illustrates many of the problems facing large cities in ...
Moreover, the use of mined phosphate and potassium overcame the need for faeces recycling, as was previously practiced (Box 1 and chapter "History of Urban Food Policy in Europe, from the Ancient City to the Industrial City"). Box 1: Urban Metabolism and Territorial Ecology Sabine Barles...
(one from Chandler and two from Modelski—one each for ancient and modern time periods) from wide format into long format, standardizes the column names, and combines them into one large dataset30. A link to this script is included in the References section. However, many different approaches...
As for Jinxi, it is a small city with the general development of primary, secondary, and tertiary industries, located in the east of Fuzhou, Jiangxi Province, China. It has not only a well-developed agricultural and spice industry as its economic base but also extremely abundant ancient ...
First, documents relevant to India’s cultural heritage and the city of Surat were collected and analyzed (Figure 3). All relevant policies and regulations in force nationally, regionally, and locally were systematically gathered and considered, including national laws, policies, and governance of her...
The aim of this study was to describe a methodology for identifying and localizing urban development boundaries with the use of fuzzy set theory, to evaluate the degree of urbanization, and to analyze the dynamics of land-use changes in areas subjected to direct urbanization pressure with the ...