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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Rural-urban migrants"”.
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Urbanisation of Rural-Urban Migrants: A Case Study of Shiminhua in The Greater Bay Area of China
This thesis on “The Urbanisation of Rural-urban Migrants: A Case Study of the Greater Bay Area (GBA) of China” is designed to answer the research question of "How does the phenomenon of *shiminhua* (urbanisation of rural-urban migrants) unfold in Chinese cities?". It is articulated by two …
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Housing rural-urban migrants in Katutura: A transition towards a place in which "we want to stay"
The focus of this dissertation is on housing for rural-urban migrants in Katutura translated in the Otjiherero language as “a place where we do not stay”, is a former Black African township in Windhoek Namibia. Katutura is characterised by the NE51/9 house type (NE stands for Non-European, 51 …
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Re-situating and shifting cultural identity in contemporary Namibia: the experience of rural-urban migrants in Katutura (Windhoek)
… the shifting cultural identities of young Owambo migrants living in Babilon, an informal settlement on the outskirts of Windhoek, Namibia. Through an investigation of their social, cultural and economic lives, I show how these young people invoke their Owambo-ness, but how they also transcend …
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Khmer Ways of Seeing, Migration and Divinatory Improvisation in Phnom Penh
… the capital city of Phnom Penh. Although modern urban Khmers embody a cosmopolitan lifestyle, the way they see and make sense of the world, still draws upon their religious traditions. The resurgence of various occult technologies in Cambodian urban society supports the case made by scholars who …
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Khmer Ways of Seeing, Migration and Divinatory Improvisation in Phnom Penh
… the capital city of Phnom Penh. Although modern urban Khmers embody a cosmopolitan lifestyle, the way they see and make sense of the world, still draws upon their religious traditions. The resurgence of various occult technologies in Cambodian urban society supports the case made by scholars who …
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Seeking Relief in the City: An Examination of Planning in Karachi to Support Internally Displaced People after the 2022 Floods in Pakistan
… for tens of thousands of evacuees. Many of these rural-urban migrants ended up in relief camps lacking basic facilities and services. Although the government aimed to address the acute crisis of IDPs entering the city and promote rural rehabilitation, there was minimal accounting for those seeking …
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Essays in Empirical Development Economics
… provides an estimation of network effects among rural-urban migrants from Nang Rong, Thailand, by using heterogeneous migration responses to regional rainfall shocks among villagers as exogenous variation affecting network size. I find that social networks significantly reduce the duration of job …
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Urbanization process models, internal rural-urban migration, and the role of institutions in China : three essays on urbanization and migration
… dissertation is a collection of three essays on urbanization and migration. The first essay is a treatment on the urbanization theory. I discuss the ambiguity in the urban concept, and propose a comprehensive urban concept which includes the demographic, physical, economic, social, and cultural …
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Partner selection in post-reform China: Power, privilege, and norms
… hukou policy on the partner selection of female rural-to-urban migrants; (2) the impact of decreased house affordability on the partner selection of urban Chinese; and (3) the tension between the social norm of marriage and the constraints of partner seekers to act accordingly and the …