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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"The Urban-Rural Divide"”.
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Intra-Regional Economic Connectivity: The Role of Industry Clusters in Bridging the Urban-Rural Divide
… regional economies. It presents new analysis of the potential and circumstances under which county level industry clusters can be strengthened by connecting to regional clusters – networks of businesses, labor pools, etc., whose linkages cross local and even state jurisdictional boundaries. …
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Navigating the Urban-Rural Divide: The Agency of Rural Chinese Female Higher Education Students in China
<p>This dissertation explores how rural Chinese female students at urban Chinese higher education institutions conceptualize and negotiate the urban-rural divide that often interplays with gender and the discourse of quality (suzhi) to shape their lives. A substantial body of literature discusses …
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Musical Resonance: An Exploration of Class and Urban-Rural Disparities in Music Tastes and Practices in Contemporary China
… class differences within Western contexts, the pronounced urban-rural divide in China is equally significant. The unique social structures and access disparities between urban and rural areas may shape music appreciation and consumption in ways that differ from Western patterns. This …
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Maternal Mortality: A Policy Comparison Between Nigeria and India.
… related to pregnancy and childbirth. India hosts the greatest number of actual maternal deaths in the world, although Nigeria’s ratio of maternal deaths to live births is greater than India’s. This thesis focuses on the experience of these two countries in order to determine if India’s …
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Measuring Accessibility to Primary Health Care Across the Urban-rural Continuum in the Province of Alberta
The proper estimation of accessibility is necessary to understand the issue of the urban-rural divide in access health care. The main concern with the previously developed accessibility measures is that the urban-rural continuum is treated as a dichotomous variable, while many degrees of rurality …
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Life Expectancy as a Development Indicator: Liaoning Province, China, 2000
The need to measure and compare development among or through countries and regions has led in recent years to the proliferation of numerous development indicators. Emerging from conventional one-dimensional economic, social, and health indicators, the Human Development Index (HDI) as a composite …
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Alternative Food Landscapes. Designing Food-Sensitive Landscapes beyond Urban-Rural Bonundaries
In an era of accelerating urbanisation and climate change, integrating sustainable food systems into urban-rural landscapes has become a crucial strategy for developing resilient environments and communities. Contemporary food systems' weaknesses have been exacerbated by global crises like COVID-19 …