The economic and social development of nations relies on their population having physical access to services and employment opportunities. For the vast majority of the 3.4 billion …
A Cattaneo, A Nelson… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Using travel time to cities of different sizes, we map populations across an urban–rural continuum to improve on the standard dichotomous representations of urban–rural …
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the midstream (processors, wholesalers and wholesale markets, and logistics) segments of transforming value chains have proliferated …
Fostering urban resilience requires a social-ecological systems approach that considers the ecological and social feedbacks of cities. In this paper we argue that Urban Ecosystem …
Q Wen, J Li, J Ding, J Wang - Land Use Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
The hollowing out of the rural population is one of the main reasons for declining rural areas. Studying the hollowing out of the rural population is of great significance in promoting the …
P Mukhopadhyay, MH Zérah… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of subaltern urbanization is about vibrant smaller settlements—outside the metropolitan shadow—sustainably supporting a dispersed pattern of urbanization. We …
Latin America is a highly urbanized region characterized by remarkable inequality levels, also reflected in an uneven distribution of opportunities, making socio-economic segregation …
X Diao, E Magalhaes, J Silver - World Development, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent growth in many African countries has been accompanied by rapid urbanization, which could have major impacts on rural livelihoods. This paper examines patterns of rural …