The Greek model of urbanization
In: Land use policy: the international journal covering all aspects of land use, Band 140, S. 107113
ISSN: 0264-8377
In: Land use policy: the international journal covering all aspects of land use, Band 140, S. 107113
ISSN: 0264-8377
In: Sociedade & natureza: revista do Departamento de Geografia da Universidade de Uberlândia, Band 36, Heft 1
ISSN: 1982-4513
The article approaches the processes of metropolization with regard to urban development and spatial organization of the city in their continuous and articulated processes. The perspective of this analysis is that there is a new basis for urban/metropolitan dynamics, moving out from an industrial and post-Fordist economy to a financialization of the economy, which we call metropolization. From the recent dynamics of the concentration of people and the expansion of urban space, some discussions can emerge about the new socio-spatial reality. Concerning metropolization, our main objective is to discuss the concept of urbanization and metropolization, aiming to understand the spatial transformations of the contemporary world. In methodological terms, we sought a bibliographic survey on the dialogical relationship between urbanization and metropolization with Brazilian and foreign authors who are relevant in the Brazilian academic literature and, in turn, are present in the urban/metropolitan analysis. The presence of temporal, economic and spatial dimensions has been deemed the main drivers for metropolization. As a result, the concept of metropolization was understood as a socio-spatial process that interferes in the forms, functions and dynamics of large urban spaces, and that has been acquiring importance in the context of the contemporary world, being a characteristic that pervades urbanization, reaching both countries in the global South as in the global North.
In: International journal of urban and regional research
ISSN: 1468-2427
AbstractIn this article, I examine the definition of resistance given by a favela woman from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil—Lucia Cabral—and its epistemological potential for urban theory. From a feminist, postcolonial and decolonial point of view, I argue that Lucia's definition of resistance entails an insightful framework to understand urban transformations, because she shifts the question of 'what they are' to 'where they stream from'. I build on my situated position and inter‐relationality with Lucia to argue that, first, urban transformations, which I here refer to as forms of urbanization, can and often do come from the favela; secondly, that these forms of urbanization derive from situated and translocated‐ing Amefrican epistemologies; and thirdly, that women's bodies constitute, in many cases, the very basis of urban futurities in the favelas. I look into embodied forms of urbanization to conclude that it is possible to see, feel, sense and nurture forms of future‐thinking and ‐building that I here call Amefrican futurities, for they emerge from the specific subjectivities and praxis of women living in the favelas.
In: Politics & policy, Band 52, Heft 1, S. 140-168
ISSN: 1747-1346
AbstractThe objective of this article is to examine the impact of urbanization and civil conflicts on the severity of food insecurity for a panel of 43 African countries over the period 2000–2020. Subsequently, the heterogeneous choice models approach was used for the estimations. The results show that urbanization and civil conflict increase food insecurity. The parallel line probability hypothesis results specifically show that a one‐unit increase in urban growth rate increases the probability of belonging to a high‐risk food insecurity category by more than .6 times. Furthermore, the results show that the impacts of urbanization on food insecurity are modulated by civil conflicts in Africa leading to the net effect of .692. This corresponds to the policy threshold of 2.315 when the net positive effect is canceled out. Therefore, this study strongly recommends the need for African economies to develop urban agriculture while controlling the pace of urbanization in order to reduce food insecurity and avoid possible civil wars.Related ArticlesAsare‐Nuamah, Peter, Anthony Amoah, and Simplice A. Asongu. 2023. "Achieving Food Security in Ghana: Does Governance Matter?" Politics & Policy 51(4): 614–35. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12540.Ayanoore, Ishmael, and Sam Hickey. 2022. "Reframing the Politics of Natural Resource Governance in Africa: Insights from the Local Content Legislation Process in Ghana." Politics & Policy 50(1): 119–36. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12449.Oehmke, James F., Sera L. Young, Godfrey Bahiigwa, Boaz Blackie Keizire, and Lori Ann Post. 2018. "The Behavioral‐Economics Basis of Mutual Accountability to Achieve Food Security." Politics & Policy 46(1): 32–57. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12244.
In: The developing economies: the journal of the Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, Japan
ISSN: 1746-1049
In Indonesia, the negative health impact of COVID‐19 and the initial, direct loss of employment have been largest in urban, not rural areas. But the second‐round effects on labor markets have been very different. They have included a huge, empirically documented migration of newly unemployed urban workers from urban to rural areas, in urgent search of employment, food, and safety from the pandemic. We call this "de‐urbanization." It placed the migrating workers in economic competition with the least skilled agricultural workers, expanding their numbers by almost 8%. By increasing the supply of unskilled farm labor, de‐urbanization depressed farm workers' real wages. Because the demand for farm labor is inelastic, the total wage income of these workers, aggregated across all unskilled farm laborers, declined. The households relying on this source of income are by far Indonesia's poorest. Similar outcomes may occur in other pandemic‐affected developing countries with large agricultural sectors.
In: Economic Analysis and Policy, Band 82, S. 86-103
In: Economic Analysis and Policy, Band 81, S. 724-737
World Affairs Online
In: Water and environment journal
ISSN: 1747-6593
AbstractXiong'an New Area (XNA) in China is undergoing rapid urbanization due to economic development and population growth. However, the urbanization process can significantly impact the local environment. This study applied a combined method of Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) and empirical calculations to quantitatively identify changes in precipitation and wet deposition over XNA and its internal lake, Baiyangdian (BYD), during the summer months of June to September. Five different urbanization scenarios were established by varying the WRF subsurface conditions. By comparing these scenarios with historical observations, it was found that WRF simulations could effectively reproduce the precipitation and temperature changes in the region. This study examined how different levels of urbanization affect precipitation and estimated changes in PM2.5 wet deposition. The study's results indicate that as urbanization increases, it leads to an increase in precipitation and wet deposition in the XNA region. Using the relatively low urbanization level in 1980 as a benchmark for comparison, it was observed that when XNA becomes fully urbanized, the increase in precipitation and wet deposition in the region exceeds 7%. The BYD Lake can have a moderating effect on the environment, absorbing more than 50% of the local precipitation and PM2.5 wet deposition with less than 25% of its area, compared to the XNA interval of the statistics, while the increase in wet deposition in the BYD Lake area is more than 4% after full urbanization in XNA. The findings also emphasize the importance of the need to balance economic growth and environmental protection in urban planning and development.
Chapter 1 - Understanding Change in Tokyo through Food, Energy, and Water Security -- Chapter 2 - Design-led Nexus Approach for Sustainable Urbanisation -- Chapter 3 - Climate Change in Global Cities -- Chapter 4 - Scaling the Food-Energy-Water Concept in Tokyo -- Chapter 5 - Land Use Planning and Conservation Policy in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area -- Chapter 6 - Green Infrastructure in Tokyo -- Chapter 7 - Calculating the Demand for Food, Energy and Water in the Spatial Perspective -- Chapter 8 - Identifying Gaps between Food Supply and Demand under Compact City Policies -- Chapter 9 - Urban Agriculture as a Tool for Adapting Cities for the Future -- Chapter 10 - Assessing Urban Resource Consumption and Carbon Emissions from a Food-Energy-Water Nexus Perspective -- Chapter 11 - Impacts of the 2011 Disaster on Food-Energy-Water Material Flows and Resource Use Efficiency in Yokohama City -- Chapter 12 - The Potential of Hydrogen Energy and Innovative Diffusion Models in Japan -- Chapter 13 Hydrogen Refueling Station Siting and Development Planning in the Delivery Industry -- Chapter 14 - Visualizing Social Capital and Actor Networks for Sustainable Suburban Areas -- Chapter 15 - Policy interventions for resilience and adaptive cities -- Chapter 16 - Towards A New Resilience.
In: Land use policy: the international journal covering all aspects of land use, Band 140, S. 107111
ISSN: 0264-8377
In: Studia z polityki publicznej: Public policy studies, Band 10, Heft 3(39), S. 9-24
ISSN: 2719-7131
Both the smart city and U-city concepts were created as a response to the challenges related to the increasing level of urbanization and the further development of the latest technologies. These so-called smart cities are designed to use information and communication technologies (ICTs) to improve operational efficiency, make information available to the public, provide better government services and increase the overall level of well-being of citizens. In this article the author will analyze the development of the "smart city" concept, and then present her conclusions and observations based on the example of the South Korean city of Songdo, which is currently one of the most progressive business centers of the ubiquitous city type. Subsequently she will answer two main research questions: 1. What distinguishes a ubiquitous city from a standard smart city project? 2. What are the obstacles, challenges, and incentives for further development in the implementation of the above concept in South Korea? Two main research methods will be used in the article – a comparative method, helpful in identifying visible links between similar phenomena and entities, and a content analysis method, based on a literature review on the topics covered in the work, including issues related to the city of Songdo.
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 178, S. 106565
In: Land use policy: the international journal covering all aspects of land use, Band 138, S. 107049
ISSN: 0264-8377