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Showing 1 to 20 of 90 for “"City-level"”.
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Religion and economic growth : an analysis at the city level.
… beliefs on economic growth using a Brazilian city-level survey data as opposed to the more popular country-level data, thus separating the effect from different social and historical context. The hypothesis is that certain religious beliefs stimulate people's positive behaviors and hence …
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City-level law and governance for water security in South Africa
South African cities are experiencing significant water challenges owing to urbanisation, climate change, and a confluence of social, economic, political, technical, and governance problems. These challenges are significantly impacting the provision of urban water services, exacerbating flood and …
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Measuring the Impact of Gun Theft on City-Level Gun Crime Rates
… this study will explore the relationship between city-level gun theft and gun crime to determine if cities experiencing higher rates of gun theft also experience higher rates of gun crime. Environmental criminology suggests that opportunities to acquire guns vary depending on physical and social …
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Urban retrofit : pressures, policy and people in domestic retrofit at the city level
… a combination of marketization, technical specificity and localised delivery.Empirically, it employs a comparative case study approach using three domestic retrofit responses in three different cities in England to explore the range of responses that have emerged from this policy climate and the …
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Of squatters and schemes : considering city-level strategies for housing the poor in India
… two approaches to housing the urban poor in the city of Ahmedabad in the Indian state of Gujarat - the Slum Networking Project, an attempt to institutionalize slum upgrading at the city-level and the Development Plan-Town Planning Scheme mechanism, an enabling approach similar to land …
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Developing city-level sustainability indicators in the MENA region with the cases of Benghazi and Amman
… key indicators to facilitate the assessment of city sustainability at the local and institutional level in the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) cities. The ALISA methodological framework is developed using joint documentary and analysed data in the two case studies of Benghazi and Amman. …
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Developing city-level sustainability indicators in the MENA region with the cases of Benghazi and Amman
… key indicators to facilitate the assessment of city sustainability at the local and institutional level in the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) cities. The ALISA methodological framework is developed using joint documentary and analysed data in the two case studies of Benghazi and Amman. …
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Ecological footprint as an indicator of national and city level sustainability. A case study of Bangladesh with a focus on Narayanganj
… on Ecological Footprint (EF), and Naryanganj City’s (NC) EF has yet been explored. Previous studies also focused on only specific dimension of sustainability. This study aims to meet these gaps by linking the existing facilities and required initiatives under all dimensions of sustainability, …
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Do local government-industry linkages affect air quality? : evidence from cities in China
… I rely on the administrative rotation of city mayors, which is determined by political career considerations and retirement age cut-offs but unrelated to their environmental records. These transitions act as plausibly exogenous shocks that disrupt the relationship between the local …
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Diffusion of Environmental Protection Single-Use Plastic Bags Ban Policy in California
… under state or county government, city-level policy diffusion has received less attention than state-level policy diffusion. This study integrates Social Network Analysis (SNA), Geographic Information System (GIS), and Event History Analysis (EHA) to provide a comprehensive …
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Funding for adaptation to climate change : the case of Surat
… of climate adaptation strategies at the city level. Evidence comes interviews with key officials, municipal budget data, and public planning documents. The case study suggests that cities can effectively marshal funds from international, national and state sources to invest in climate …
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Creating transparency in the Chinese real estate development industry : a case study
… of the company transparency, the country-level, region-level, city-level, and project-level analyses around a project in Chongqing, China. Many special situations in China are discussed as well in order to acknowledge the existing transparency issue in China, especially in the real estate …
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Exploring the Relationship of Urban Form and Mental Health in the 500 Largest Cities of the United States
… and mental health measures at the city level. Using 2014 data from the 500 largest cities in the United States, this thesis evaluates the relationship between urban form and aggregate self-report scores of poor mental health. Results suggest that elements of the built environment …
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The relationship between individual, neighborhood, and city characteristics and fear of crime
… the effects of individual, neighborhood, and city characteristics on fear of crime. While previous research has shown which factors predict fear of crime at each level, few have considered all levels simultaneously to discover which characteristics predict fear of crime when considered …
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Women, the city, and spatial citizenship examining identity formation and employment amongst Afro-Brazilian women in Rio De Janeiro and Belo Horizonte
… of citizenship are specifically shaped at the city level in urbanized environments. The way that people navigate the city is often contingent upon varying degrees of access and justice in different areas of life activity. I argue that access to citizenship is as much an economic endeavor as it …
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Augmenting data for Urban Metabolism of cities Tool using Machine learning and Satellite Image Analysis of city
We use image analysis to augment data about a city’s material flow or material stock.We take existing data about cities such as energy consumption,biomass,water consumption,energy production and construction material either at the city level or national level and add data from satellite based …
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Housing demand, regional house prices and consumption
… stronger in housing-supply inelastic cities. City-level differences in housing demand are also correlated with supply elasticity. Controlling for industry, I estimate a durables consumption-house price elasticity of 0.08 from 2001-2006, 60% smaller than estimates without the controls. Post- …
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Labor Unions, Corruption, and Electric Vehicles: Three Essays on Applied Microeconomics
… on the driving range instead of the battery capacity as in the U.S. This paper evaluates the impacts of the subsidy program using detailed vehicle registration data in China from 2010 to 2015 and a household survey of vehicle ownership. I develop and estimate a market equilibrium model for …
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Retention of Post-Secondary Graduates in their City of Study
… patterns remain poorly understood at the city level, where graduates directly interact with local labor markets and community networks. This dissertation addresses this gap through an integrated article format comprising three empirical chapters that examine graduate retention across …
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Urban-Scale Decomposition of Carbon Peaking Targets in the Yangtze River Delta from a Consumption-Based Responsibility Perspective
… of the carbon peaking target to the city level has emerged as a vital issue in China’s climate governance. As one of the regions with the highest economic development and strongest integration, the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) is a major source of carbon emissions, and its attainment of …
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