Citations with the tag: URBANIZATION
Results 1 - 50
- Guest Editor's Introduction.
Forster, Keith // Chinese Economy; Mar/Apr2002, Vol. 35 Issue 2, p3Introduces a series of articles about the urbanization of China.
- 1. Choices and Obstacles in China's Road to Urbanization.
Wang Yuanzheng // Chinese Economy; Mar/Apr2002, Vol. 35 Issue 2, p21Examines factors affecting the urbanization of China. Information on the periodic-type features of the implementation of urbanization during reform; Details on viewpoints on the urbanization of China; Suggestions on accelerating the course of Chinese urbanization.
- 2. Shake Off Mistakes in Understanding Urbanization.
Zhang Jihong // Chinese Economy; Mar/Apr2002, Vol. 35 Issue 2, p36Discusses mistakes in understanding urbanization in China. Background on the level of urbanization in China; Correlation between urbanization and land management; Information on the urbanization level in Zhejiang.
- 3. Historical Reflections and Rational Considerations on the Progress of Zhejiang's Urbanization.
Liu Jianzhong // Chinese Economy; Mar/Apr2002, Vol. 35 Issue 2, p39Presents a historical review of the progress of urbanization in Zhejiang, China. Stages of urbanization in Zhejiang; Problems concerning the urbanization of Zhejiang; Factors to consider concerning the development of urbanization.
- 5. Accelerating the Pace of Urbanization Requires Focus on Studying and Solving Problems.
Guo Zhanheng // Chinese Economy; Mar/Apr2002, Vol. 35 Issue 2, p56Investigates factors to consider to accelerate the pace of urbanization in Zhejiang, China. Importance of scientific urban planning; Problems concerning the transfer of rural population to cities; Information on the need for capital investment in urban construction.
- 6. Zhejiang's Urbanization.
Zhang Renshou; Cha Zhiqiang // Chinese Economy; Mar/Apr2002, Vol. 35 Issue 2, p63Examines the degree of urbanization in Zhejiang, China. Background on the degree of backwardness of Zhejiang's urbanization; Reasons behind the lagging urbanization of Zhejiang; Factors to consider to accelerate urbanization in Zhejiang.
- 7. Several Reflections on Problems in Zhejiang's Urbanization.
Zhou Yongliang // Chinese Economy; Mar/Apr2002, Vol. 35 Issue 2, p71Discusses the problems concerning the urbanization of Zhejiang, China. Effect of population density on the progress of urbanization; Information on the size and structure of Zhejiang's urbanization; Details on the focal regions for the progress of urbanization.
- 10. How to View and Raise the Present Level of Urbanization in Zhejiang.
Liu Chengyin // Chinese Economy; Mar/Apr2002, Vol. 35 Issue 2, p85Examines the level of urbanization in Zhejiang, China. Information on authoritative data on the level of urbanization in Zhejiang; Background on the population size in Zhejiang; Details on calculation methods to determine the level of urbanization.
- chapter 4: Special Report.
Liu Chengyin // Argentina Business Forecast Report; 2008 4th Quarter, p23The article reports on the investment opportunities and risk in Argentina's urbanisation which includes, demand for new infrastructure, economic productivity, generating wealth and goods and services, while its risk focuses on the pose of dangers to social and political stability if there is...
- Learning to live with `urban sprawl'
Lederer, Kate // Countryside & Small Stock Journal; Sep/Oct97, Vol. 81 Issue 5, p51Discusses some of the advantages of urban sprawl. Description of the author's place that is many miles away from the city from where she worked; How the author and her family produce income from the land; How they reacted to suburban developments in their place; Advantages and effects of these...
- Cities.
Lederer, Kate // New Internationalist; May97, Issue 290, p18Presents facts about various cities from different countries in relation to the urbanization of the poor from villages. Percentage of population urbanized; Fastest growing major cities; Reasons for leaving the villages; Percentage of urban and rural people living in poverty in 1990; World's...
- City leaders group wants statute for downtown property tax break.
Duvoli, John // Hudson Valley Business Journal; 8/6/93 - 8/16/93, Vol. 5 Issue 34, p2Reports on the efforts of business leaders in Hudson Valley, New York to push for Home Rule Legislation to permit delayed assessment and urban revival. Assistance of Orange County to urban areas; Importance of developing downtown areas; Effect of lack of urban policy.
- Urbanisation from below: The growth of towns in Jiangsu, China.
Ma, Laurence J.C.; Fan, Ming // Urban Studies (Routledge); Dec94, Vol. 31 Issue 10, p1625Presents a case study of the growth of towns in Jiangsu province, China since the 1978 reforms. Types of migrants; More diversified pattern of population composition; Population growth rate; Manufacturing as the dominant employment structure; Role of the central government of China; Possible...
- Ossining revival: Cruising the river, sipping local beer.
Philippidis, Alex // Westchester County Business Journal; 4/3/95, Vol. 34 Issue 14, p1No abstract available.
- World's cities running out of room.
Moffett, George // Christian Science Monitor; 3/25/96, Vol. 88 Issue 82, p4Discusses the effect of increased urban population throughout the world by the year 2010 referencing to Lagos. Content of report issued by United Nations called `The Challenge of Urbanization'; Indepth look at rapid increase of cities. INSET: The world's megacities..
- Yuppified Haight Street.
Moffett, George // Newsweek; 12/31/84, Vol. 104 Issue 26, p26Since 1974, Haight Street has undergone a stunning transformation as young professionals have flocked to take advantage of the roomy, affordable housing, proximity to Golden Gate Park and climate.
- Desakotas and beyond: Urbanization in southern China.
Guldin, Gregory Eliyu // Ethnology; Fall96, Vol. 35 Issue 4, p265Describes the emergence of a new pattern of Asian urbanization called desakota in southern China. Field sites; Townizing of villages; Citization; Village views of urbanization.
- Balancing preservation, progress.
Guldin, Gregory Eliyu // Grand Rapids Business Journal; 6/12/95, Vol. 13 Issue 24, p4Opinion. Comments on urbanization in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Decision of the Grand Rapids City Commission to raze part of a neighborhood to put up a parking lot; Environmental, planning and resource needs; Impact of the projected growth of Ottawa County on Grand Rapids; Public housing assistance.
- Letters.
Booker, Cory A.; Pryor, Stefan // njbiz; 10/4/2010 Newark Supplement, p4The article discusses various reports published within the issue including information on why Newark, New Jersey is a great place to do business and how the city is building on its traditions to become the center for finance, arts, sports and higher education of the state.
- Regeneration and empowerment.
Saad, Haroon // Adults Learning; Oct95, Vol. 7 Issue 2, p38Focuses on regeneration and empowerment as key concepts behind urban funding programs. Urban and social-economic context within which minority ethnic people are predominantly living; Key features and issues relating to urban policy; Impact of urban policy; Factors behind urban program failure.
- Urbanization.
Saad, Haroon // Fedgazette; Apr92, Vol. 4 Issue 2, p32Presents a map which illustrates the growth of urbanization in the United States as of April 1992.
- Sprawl's ills: Even worse than advertised.
Peirce, Neal R. // Indianapolis Business Journal; 3/4/96, Vol. 16 Issue 51, p9BOpinion. Discusses the damaging effects of sprawl urban development in the United States. Inciting of a civil war among neighboring towns fighting for business development; Effect of low-density development on infrastructure bills; Inefficiencies of splintered suburban governments.
- chapter 4: Special Report: Mega-Urban Regions.
Peirce, Neal R. // Brazil Business Forecast Report; 2008 4th Quarter, p23The article presents investment opportunities and risks in urbanization which is one of the major mega-trends of the 20th and early 21st centuries in Brazil.
- Otay Mesa: A waiting game for developers.
Fikes, Bradley J. // San Diego Business Journal; 12/19/94, Vol. 15 Issue 51, p18No abstract available.
- The future/s of the North American city.
Hutchinson, Nick; Perry, Bronwen // Geodate; May96, Vol. 9 Issue 2, p4Forecasts developments in the North American city. Cars at the crossroads; Postsuburban America; End of suburbia; Hole in the doughnut effect; Urban turnaround; White flight; New frontier; Issues of race and ethnicity; Trends encapsulated in the United States city of Los Angeles. INSET:...
- Urbanization in the Caribbean Basin: Social change during the years of the crisis.
Portes, Alejandro; Itzigsohn, Jos�; Dore-Cabral, Carlos // Latin American Research Review; 1994, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p3Examines hypotheses on the evolution of Latin American urbanization based on information from five Caribbean Basin countries. Literature on Latin American urbanization; Countries examined; Growth of urban primacy; Relation of patterns of spatial distribution with reversal of class polarization;...
- City versus countryside in China's development.
Whyte, Martin King // Problems of Post-Communism; Jan/Feb96, Vol. 43 Issue 1, p9Opinion. Compares the countryside to the city as it relates to the economic and cultural development of China. Pre-1949 gap; Communist era; Sources of urban bias, 1949-78; Reform era; Closure of rural-urban gap.
- Closing funds.
Rodriguez, Meriemil // Caribbean Business; 4/27/1995, Vol. 23 Issue 17, p15Reports on the Puerto Rico House's approval of resolutions assigning funds for gates and other control-access mechanisms to several residential areas on the island.
- Polarities of structure and change in urban systems: a Canadian example
Bourne, L. S. // GeoJournal; Dec1997, Vol. 43 Issue 4, p339The Canadian urban system, like most other national urban systems, has been subjected to intense pressures for change over the last two decades, emanating from both external and internal sources. The combined outcomes of these changes for the urban system, however, remain ambiguous. This paper...
- The dynamics of Nordic urban systems during the 1980s
Sjoholt, P. // GeoJournal; Dec1997, Vol. 43 Issue 4, p315The paper will focus on the classification of urban systems over time as an aid in uncovering factors impacting urban growth or decline. Methodologically the point of departure is the Noyelle & Stanback (1983) classification of North American cities, modified by recent advances and the specific...
- Untitled.
D. M. // Places: Forum of Design for the Public Realm; Winter2003, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p2The article discusses various reports published within the issue that examine the transformation of San Jose, California.
- Issues facing water resource managers and scientists in a rapidly growing coastal...
Quick, A.J.R. // South African Journal of Science; Apr95, Vol. 91 Issue 4, p175Identifies the priority issues facing both scientists and water resource managers in metropolitan Cape Town, South Africa. Inland and coastal waters; Urbanization; Future urban growth and its implications; Constraints to integrated water resource management; Efforts toward sustainable management...
- Municipal governments evolve, pump new life into Main Street.
Rodriguez, Meriemil // Caribbean Business; 6/22/1995, Vol. 23 Issue 25, pS53Focuses on efforts to revitalize Puerto Rico's municipalities. Decentralization through municipal reforms; Increased competitiveness; Involvement of the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce; Diversifying of economy; Financing programs for small businesses.
- A sense of place, a sense of time.
Jackson, J.B. // Design Quarterly; Spring95, Issue 164, p24Focuses on urbanization. Discussion on the expression `Sense of place'; Definition of localities; Sociological issues; Importance of mechanical time.
- Whatever happened to urbanism?
Koolhaas, Rem // Design Quarterly; Spring95, Issue 164, p28Focuses on urbanism. Apotheosis of urbanization; Issue on the neatness of architecture; Urbanism as a profession and a way of thinking.
- Main Street on skids?
Biundo, Jen // Free Press (Buda, TX); 6/4/2008, Vol. 105 Issue 9, p1DThe article focuses on the urbanization in Buda, Texas which causes crisis in Main Street Bonham, Texas.
- CITY LAND EXPANDING, FORAGE LAND NOT.
Harman, Alan // Bee Culture; May2012, Vol. 140 Issue 5, p83In this article, author presents his views on urbanization issue that was discussed in the "Planet Under Pressure" conference held in London, England.
- Living in tomorrow's cities.
Mayor, Federico // UNESCO Courier; Sep96, Vol. 49 Issue 9, p38Opinion. Examines the extent and impact of urbanization in the world. Levels of urbanization in the cities; City as a meeting-point of three crises; Main challenges faced by cities of the 21st century; Significance of strategic urbanism in terms of sustainable urban development.
- The rising urban tide.
Mayor, Federico // UNESCO Courier; Sep96, Vol. 49 Issue 9, p46Reports on the forecast of the US World Resources Institute that the world will contain 33 megacities by the year 2015. Increase of population in the cities of developing countries; Rate of population growth in the cities.
- Becoming Urban: Periurban Dynamics in Vietnam and China -- Introduction.
Friedmann, John // Pacific Affairs; Sep2011, Vol. 84 Issue 3, p425The new urbanization in Vietnam and China, a result of the opening of their economies to the world, the consequent relaxation of central planning, and the sweeping reforms that have had a transforming effect on these countries, has focused attention on the encounters of an ever-expanding urban...
- Redevelopment, San Juan style.
Garza, Daniel R. // Caribbean Business; 5/28/1998, Vol. 26 Issue 21, p22Presents information on the Puerto Rico government urban redevelopment plans. Information on the plans to transform the Old San Juan to the Condado strip; Estimated cost of the plan; How the plans are expected to impact on investment in Puerto Rico; Areas which the plans will focus on; Comments...
- PRIMED--an integrated programme for urban development.
Garza, Daniel R. // Connect: UNESCO International Science, Technology & Environmenta; Dec95, Vol. 20 Issue 4, p4Reports on the plan by the Programa Integral de Mejoramiento de Barrios Subnormales en Medellin (PRIMED) to publish a document for urban development in Medellin, Colombia featuring the different actions undertaken in the framework of the PRIMED. Launch of PRIMED by municipal authorities;...
- Saving our countryside.
Garza, Daniel R. // Geographical (Campion Interactive Publishing); Aug97, Vol. 69 Issue 8, p6Reports on the launch of the Council for the Protection of Rural England's (CPRE) Contract for the Countryside program which aims to provide support for the country's declining rural heritage due to urban sprawl and farming. Background on the danger faced by the countryside; Trend among people...
- Instant urban development: Brisbane's South Bank Parklands.
Robinson, Guy M. // Geography; Jul94, Vol. 79 Issue 344, p269Discusses the urban development in Brisbane's South Bank Parklands in Queensland. Former Expo site; Creation of Parklands; Port's growth and decline; Urban and regional context of Brisbane.
- Early urbanization in the Eastern Zhou in China (77--221 BC): An archaeological view.
Shen, Chen // Antiquity; Dec94, Vol. 68 Issue 261, p724Explores some patterns of early urbanization during the Eastern Zhou period in China. Study of the shape and topography of six early Chinese cities; Use of Qufu city to illustrate the urbanization process during the Eastern Zhou period.
- Becoming Urban: Periurban Dynamics in Vietnam and China -- Introduction.
Friedmann, John // Pacific Affairs; Sep2011, Vol. 84 Issue 3, p425The new urbanization in Vietnam and China, a result of the opening of their economies to the world, the consequent relaxation of central planning, and the sweeping reforms that have had a transforming effect on these countries, has focused attention on the encounters of an ever-expanding urban...
- Becoming Urban: Periurban Dynamics in Vietnam and China -- Introduction.
Friedmann, John // Pacific Affairs; Sep2011, Vol. 84 Issue 3, p425The new urbanization in Vietnam and China, a result of the opening of their economies to the world, the consequent relaxation of central planning, and the sweeping reforms that have had a transforming effect on these countries, has focused attention on the encounters of an ever-expanding urban...
- Maya Bets on Urban Revival.
Friedmann, John // India Today; 1/31/2011, p6The article discusses issues on the move of Uttar Pradesh's Chief Minister Mayawati to shift her focus on urban development resulting from the November 2010 Assembly poll result in Bihar which showed the importance of development and good governance in achieving political ambitions. With funding...
- Lemoore courts potential retail, industrial firms.
Lutz, Marc // Business Journal Serving Fresno & the Central San Joaquin Valley; 5/29/2009, Issue 324029, p9The article focuses on the development plans for the growth of Lemoore, California. In 2008, Lemoore's staff received a grant for planning purposes, however, as suggested in the study, the way the economy is, without some assistance from major firms, it will not be possible to move forward. For...
- The Urbanization of Russia in the Twentieth Century.
Pivovarov, Iurii L. // Sociological Research; Mar/Apr2003, Vol. 42 Issue 2, p45Focuses on the urban policy in Russia. Perceptions and reality of urbanization; Concentration of population in the industrial centers; Rapid growth of towns; Urban explosion; Changes in the size of population in the twentieth century.
