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Wu, Zhongmin. "Regional unemployment, rural-to-urban migration and the economic reforms of China." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.390677.
Full textLinneker, Brian. "Road transport infrastructure and regional economic development : the regional economic development effects of the M25 London orbital motorway." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.389662.
Full textHermansson, Erik. "Population ageing and regional economic growth : A master thesis examining the effect of an ageing population on the output of Swedish municipalities." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Jönköping University, IHH, Nationalekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-48587.
Full textMcLean, Beverly Marie. "The Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan Turnaround in the Pacific States (California, Oregon, and Washington): Labor Migration Flows and Economic Deconcentration." PDXScholar, 1992. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1287.
Full textZhang, Huiyi. "Economic Development and Women Empowerment in China: Is There a Regional Pattern?" Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-38458.
Full textSpeirs, Leland V. Jr. "The land of oz : a case study of rural cluster development in Wamego, Kansas." Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/1331.
Full textLee, Marisa Rene. "BICYCLE TOURISM PLAN FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: A TEMPLATE FOR RURAL AGRICULTURAL TOWNS AND A CASE STUDY FOR THE CITY OF WINTERS, CALIFORNIA." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2015. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1383.
Full textWillers, Ednilse Maria. "Estratégia de desenvolvimento econômico local: o caso do Município de Terra Roxa-PR." Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Parana, 2006. http://tede.unioeste.br:8080/tede/handle/tede/2235.
Full textThe objective of this research was to analyze and to define a strategy of economic development that consolidates the economic emergency of Terra Roxa City - PR. Based on the theoretical premise of Hirschman (1974, 1996), in which the industrial expansion is a consequence of the economic development and the local is becoming the space of reference of strategic actions stimulating this expansion, the causes of the economic emergency of Terra Roxa were identified. The results of this research evidenced that its emergency is a consequence of the industrial base formed by micro, small and medium companies that are specialized in the branch of infantile confections. This industrial base has been responsible for the changes in the productive structure of the city, from urban-agricultural to urban-industrial, producing a sequence of events, stimulators of the local economy. As final result of this research, a strategy of economic development for the base was proposed. This strategy aims to the consolidation of the industrial base of infantile confections in Terra Roxa, stimulating the necessary structural changes to the productive chains that will lead, with the times, the economic development of the city.
Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo analisar e definir uma estratégia de desenvolvimento econômico que consolide a emergência econômica do município de Terra Roxa - PR. Partindo da premissa teórica de Hirschman (1974, 1996), que a expansão industrial é um reflexo do desenvolvimento econômico e que o local passa a ser o espaço de referência de ações estratégicas que estimulam essa expansão, foi identificado às causas da emergência econômica de Terra Roxa. Através dos resultados da pesquisa constatou-se que a sua emergência adveio da base industrial formada por micro, pequenas e média empresas que se especializaram no ramo de confecções infantis. Esta base industrial esta sendo responsável pelas mudanças na estrutura produtiva do município, de urbano-rural para urbano-industrial, produzindo uma seqüência de eventos estimuladores da economia local. Como resultado final da pesquisa, foi proposta uma estratégia de desenvolvimento econômico pela base. Esta estratégia visa à consolidação da base industrial de confecções infantis de Terra Roxa, estimulando as mudanças estruturais necessárias aos encadeamentos produtivos que levarão, ao longo do tempo, o desenvolvimento econômico do município.
Ghosh, Sudeshna. "Major Employers in Small Towns: Modeling the Spatio-temporal Impacts on Land Use and Land Cover Changes at a Regional Scale." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1378196039.
Full textAnyigor, Kelechi Theophilus. "Social capital, local economic development and environmental quality in deprived communities : the case of the Kpirikpiri community in South-East Nigeria." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2012. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/8652/.
Full textDeng, Nanxin. "Three Essays on Regional and Urban Economics." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1563314229242396.
Full textPickford, Curtis. "The rural-urban bind in Thomas Hardy's regional novels." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.576994.
Full textResseger, Matthew George. "Essays in Urban Economics." Thesis, Harvard University, 2014. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11697.
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Bagstad, Kenneth. "Ecological Economic Applications for Urban and Regional Sustainability." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2009. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/14.
Full textKudo, Yuya. "Essays on rural-to-urban migration and urban industrial performance in Sub-Saharan Africa." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:9be76708-90ef-4974-9864-b2bd5f9813cf.
Full textKaothien, Utis. "Regional and urbanisation policy in Thailand." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.235872.
Full textWeinstein, Amanda L. "A Regional Approach to Productive Skills." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1373386096.
Full textMashabi, Omar Awad. "Regional planning : the experience of Saudi Arabia." Thesis, University of Dundee, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.389490.
Full textSéguin, Joanne F. "Dynamique de l'organisation écologique d'un paysage rural du comté de Dundas." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/5790.
Full textPartridge, Andrew. "Rural-urban migration and subjective well-being the South African experience." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5716.
Full textViñuela, Jiménez Ana. "Surpassing the administrative division limits on regional analysis: Three essays on urban and regional economics." Doctoral thesis, Universidad de Oviedo, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/11107.
Full textChan, Roger C. K. "Regional planning and national development strategies in China." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.303978.
Full textTrevien, Corentin. "Four essays in empirical urban economics : evaluation of French regional policies." Thesis, Paris, Institut d'études politiques, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016IEPP0010/document.
Full textThis thesis evaluates four French urban and regional policies. It also covers three major issues in urban economics: the impact of transportation on the spatial distribution of employment and population, the elasticity of housing supply and urban segregation. First, the thesis focuses on the Regional Express Rail system. The improvement of public transport in the Paris region causes employment to grow in suburban municipalities. However, there is not effect on overall population growth but a possible gentrification effect nearby RER stations. Secondly, this thesis studies the role of high-speed rail in the spatial organization of multi-plant businesses. It shows that the reduction in travel time to their headquarters subsidiaries lead the affiliate to specialize in production activities, to the expense of management tasks. Then, this work assesses the impact of the French Urban Enterprise Zones. The first generation of this program have a massive impact on firm location and employment. However, it only slightly benefited to the local residents, highlighting a lack of targeting. The last chapter evaluates the effect of housing allowance on the level of rents and the supply of rental housing. It confirms that housing subsidies cause private rents to increase. The elasticity of housing supply remains low in the long term, since the upward effect does not vanish and the quantity and the quality of rental housing do not adjust
Zarrabi, Asghar. "Regional disparities in Iran : the case of Isfahan province." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.265892.
Full textHöltgen, Daniel Godfrey. "Intermodal logistics centres, European combined transport and regional development." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.243005.
Full textEsser, Jovir Vicentini. "Vilas Rurais: uma política pública de desenvolvimento e seu impacto na vida dos trabalhadores rurais volantes." Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Parana, 2005. http://tede.unioeste.br:8080/tede/handle/tede/2245.
Full textThis paper aimed to evaluate the impact of the Rural Village Program, as development public policy, in the lives of settlers, especially of the seasonal rural worker. In the context of rural development public policies, which was considered a unprecedented program in the country, Rural Villages implanted in the state of Paraná between 1995 and 2003 had as main recipient seasonal rural workers (S.R.W.), settling them in rural lots measuring an average of 5,000 m² near urban areas and in regions with a demand for temporary hand labor aiming to improve their live conditions. At first, it is shown the situation of the national agriculture issue from the point of view of some theorists, and its aggravation due to some Public Policies, such as the Rural Credit, that collaborated to the formation of a working category widely known as bóia fria (Day Laborer). It refers to the Rural Village Program, a sub-component of the 12 Month Paraná Project, emphasizing the process and implantation strategies giving emphasis to the Western Region of Paraná. According to acquired data, it was established that, although the main beneficiaries were the S.R.W., only 20% of the settled families had as landowner one of their workers. To achieve this proposed work objective a study was conduct on the case of Rural Villages in the cities of Corbélia and Anahy, where the impact of the Program in the life of the settlers was identified, specifically in the lives of the S.R.W. It was concluded that, even though the objective initially proposed of settling 60,000 families throughout the State was not reached, and some of the basic prerequisites defined by the Program were not abided, the evaluation was that if there was no significant change in economic terms, in the aspect of quality of life in loco ,through interviews with villagers, deep transformation was observed with the increasing in the families self steam and satisfaction in general, as far as having their own house and productive subsistence land. For an effective improvement on socioeconomic conditions, the Rural Villages still need income generating and technical assistance projects directed to non-qualified hand labor, such as day laborer. It is also possible, through the Rural Village experiences, to acquire larger areas by identifying those families that had shown capability in exploring agriculture, settling them in land financed by the Federal government s Rural Credit Program.
Esse trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o impacto do Programa Vila Rural, enquanto Política Pública de desenvolvimento, nas condições de vida dos assentados, especialmente dos trabalhadores rurais volantes. No contexto de políticas públicas de desenvolvimento rural, considerado um programa inédito no país, as Vilas Rurais implantadas no Paraná, no período entre 1995 a 2003, tinham como beneficiário meta os Trabalhadores Rurais Volantes (T.R.V.), assentando-os em lotes rurais de em média 5.000 m², próximos das áreas urbanas e em regiões com demanda de mão-de-obra temporária, com o objetivo de melhoria das condições de vida dos mesmos. Inicialmente apresenta-se a situação da questão agrária nacional, sob o ponto de vista de alguns teóricos e o seu agravamento em função de determinadas Políticas Públicas, como o crédito rural, que colaboraram para a formação de uma categoria de trabalhadores popularmente conhecida como bóia-fria . Aborda-se o Programa Vila Rural, subcomponente do Projeto Paraná 12 Meses, enfocando o processo e as estratégias de implantação, com destaque para a Região Oeste do Paraná. Pelos dados levantados verificou-se que, embora o beneficiário meta fosse o T. R. V., na região estudada apenas 20% das famílias assentadas tinham como titular do lote um desses trabalhadores. Para alcançar-se o objetivo proposto neste trabalho foi realizado um estudo de caso das Vilas Rurais dos municípios de Corbélia e Anahy, onde se identificou o impacto do Programa na vida dos assentados, especificamente na vida dos T. R. V. Assim, mesmo não atingindo a meta inicialmente proposta de assentar 60.000 famílias em todo o Estado e não obedecendo alguns requisitos básicos definidos pelo Programa, a avaliação é de que, se não houve mudança significativa em termos econômicos, no aspecto de qualidade de vida houve sensível transformação. Observou-se in loco, através de entrevistas com os vileiros, o aumento na auto-estima e satisfação das famílias de maneira geral, especialmente no tocante à casa própria e ao terreno para produção voltada à subsistência. Para uma efetiva melhoria nas condições socioeconômicas as Vilas Rurais necessitam ainda de projetos de geração de renda e assistência técnica, direcionados à mão-de-obra desqualificada como a do bóia-fria . Também é possível, pelas experiências das Vilas Rurais, com a identificação daquelas famílias que demonstraram aptidão à exploração agrícola de adquirirem áreas maiores, assentando-as em terrenos financiados pelo Programa Crédito Fundiário do Governo Federal.
Humphreys, Ian Michael. "Regional airport development : a case study of Cardiff-Wales airport." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.281958.
Full textPowell, S. G. "Developments in the Chinese rural economy, 1978-1985 : Six regional case-studies." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.373472.
Full textSynnott, Michael Frederick. "The relationship between the regional water authorities and local planning authorities." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.363471.
Full textFeng, Jing. "Urban-rural income disparity in the minority counties of Gansu, Western China." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/25485.
Full textLisztwan, Iwona. "Regional dimensions in rural development policies? : the case of Poland in the EU." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/724.
Full textHua, Yue. "Three Essays on Regional Income Disparity." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1405616536.
Full textWelch, Matthew. "Rural urban migration in developing countries : a survey of economic theory and empirical evidence." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5678.
Full textThis survey focuses on the theoretical and empirical aspects of rural-urban migration as a determinant of the observed rapid urbanisation in developing countries. The theoretical work covers the neo-classical as well as alternative economic theories of migration. The empirical component covers work on the determinants of migration and attempts to test the economic theories. The more recent modelling and simulation techniques of the computable general equilibrium models (CGE) are then discussed and their merits assessed.
Panneerselvam, A. "Role of small towns and intermediate cities in regional development in India." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.388736.
Full textWight, John Bradford. "The territory/function dialectic : a social learning paradigm of regional development planning." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1985. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU361633.
Full textBarton, Julia Allison. "Agricultural and Food System Development at the Rural-Urban Interface." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1284742419.
Full textStapleton, Caroline. "The migrant network effect : an empirical analysis of rural-to-urban migration in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13747.
Full textHaller, Lance. "Healthcare expenditures in rural and urban areas: explanations for the differences." Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/885.
Full textCourtney, Paul Richard. "Small towns and the rural economy : a study of their contemporary functions and potential role in rural development." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/370.
Full textAlqarni, Mohammed. "Developing a framework to improve the implementation of geospatial technology in the planning and delivery of infrastructure for residential areas in Saudi Arabia : a case study of Riyadh city." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2017. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/33272/.
Full textMushi, Nimrod Shitrael [Verfasser]. "Regional development through rural-urban linkages : the Dar-es Salaam impact region / Nimrod Shitrael Mushi." Dortmund : Universitätsbibliothek Technische Universität Dortmund, 2004. http://d-nb.info/1011532425/34.
Full textMartelo, Manuel Delfim Caielo. "A estratégia de desenvolvimento regional de Angola à luz da bibliografia internacional." Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/18302.
Full textThis project work focuses on the regional development strategy in Angola in the light of international bibliography. The strategy is analyzed in two phases, the first phase is an analysis, based on the urban and rural development strategies of three Latin American and Sub-Saharan Africa successful regions, and is associated to this analysis the dominant currents on the subject, in the second phase the strategy is analyzed based on regional development policy paradigms, making an analysis of the instruments used in each of the regional policy paradigms, the Angola regional development strategy it was concluded that Angola's regional development strategy is very centralized, in the long term it can increase the imbalances of the territory, with the increase of polarization effects exerted by the coastal regions in the territory, on the other hand with respect to regional policy paradigms , there is a certain heterogeneity, with greater emphasis on the traditional paradigm of regional policy. Based on these conclusions, some subsidies are provided to Angola's regional development policy.
"Una alternativa de financiamiento para el sector rural: El caso de la Union de Credito Mixta "Plan Puebla"." Tulane University, 1998.
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HE, Jie. "The mechanism of rural finance and the increase of farmers' income: A study of urban and rural regions in China." Doctoral thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/8496.
Full textA decisão tomada pelo Comité Central do Partido Comunista Chinês de desenvolver de forma coordenada as regiões urbanas e rurais é importante na medida em que tem em conta as novas condições históricas e uma preocupação em interpretar de forma correta a relação urbano-rural na China. Trata-se de uma iniciativa com vista a melhorar o sistema chinês de uma economia socialista de mercado e construir uma sociedade próspera em todos os sentidos. É também um trabalho pioneiro destinado a mudar, de forma gradual, a estrutura económica da relação dual entre o campo e a cidade e, fundamentalmente, resolver os problemas da agricultura e das áreas rurais entre os quais o aumento do rendimento dos agricultores. Apenas assim será possível consolidar e fortalecer o desenvolvimento rural; apenas assim o poder de compra e os níveis de consumo nas áreas rurais poderão ser aumentados de forma contínua e sustentada. Contudo, o risco elevado e os baixos rendimentos dos habitantes das áreas rurais tem vindo a servir de justificação para a escassez de serviços financeiros disponíveis. Por um lado, as condições dos agricultores são insuficientes para os requisitos do acesso ao crédito; por outro, a localização dos bancos não é a mais conveniente e é difícil encontrar uma plataforma de implementação efetiva. Como resultado, é “difícil obter empréstimos” por parte dos agricultores e é “difícil conceder empréstimos” por parte dos bancos gerando-se um grave estrangulamento que limita o crescimento do rendimento dos agricultores. Esta tese analisa casos típicos de um trabalho piloto destinado a servir a agricultura e as áreas rurais. Tendo por base um estudo de caso, a tese investiga diferentes aspetos deste problema, incluindo produtos, recursos, envolvente e riscos, com vista a encontrar uma solução para o fornecimento de serviços financeiros aos agricultores na China e a estabelecer um mecanismo que ajude financeiramente o aumento do rendimento dos agricultores. O objetivo principal é que este mecanismos sirva de referência não só aos serviços financeiros prestados às áreas rurais mas também aos departamentos que os estudam.
Oliveira, André Filipe Rodrigues de. "A problemática da competitividade regional: entendimento conceptual e formas de medição: o caso português." Master's thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/8832.
Full textThe term "competitiveness" has long dominated the economics lexicon. However, several criticisms have been endorsed to those who seek to transpose a term, originating from the business world, to the complex national and regional conditions. As such, this thesis will first analyze some assumptions that aim to question whether, much like companies, countries can also compete. Different points of view will be presented, some of which discordant, thus ensuring plurality of views. To facilitate the perception of some crucial points, some studies that seek to translate the concept of “national competitiveness” were analyzed. Thereafter, we will perform a similar analysis focused on a regional scale, in which we seek to clarify what can be understood as "regional competitiveness". We will present different perspectives on this problem, the main advocates for a better regional performance and some of the models that have operacionalized the concept. Finally, we will take an approach to the Portuguese regional context. To this end, we sought to identify key regional characteristics in order to build an index of regional competitiveness. It is expected that this index will allow the identification of both the most and the least competitive regions in order to facilitate the study of regional competitiveness profiles in Portugal.
Barata, Túlio Luís Mauro. "Uma análise da nova política nacional de desenvolvimento regional brasileira à luz da bibliografia internacional." Master's thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/20549.
Full textA regional policy in Brazil has a sexagenarian trajectory, along which several mutations and adaptations have taken place, either because of progress in economic theory or changes in the country's political-economic context. A year ago, another change took place: a new National Regional Development Policy was approved, in the opportunity of an attempt to reactivate the Brazilian regional strategy. The present dissertation focuses, therefore, on the analysis of this new policy, in order to answer whether it’s objectives, it’s strategy, it’s intervention instruments and it’s governance arrangement, are aligned with what the most modern international bibliography about the subject recommends. To this purpose, this work sought to consolidate the precepts of the current paradigm of regional policies and seize useful lessons from international experiences with similarities to the challenges faced in Brazil, such as the case of Australia, Canada and the European Union, in order to use them, both the paradigma and the lessons seized, as a normative reference for new Brazilian regional policy. It was concluded that, although the implemented changes have driven Brazilian regional policy in the right direction, there is still a chronic mismatch between the conceptual framework that underpins it – predominantly aligned with the current paradigm – and the institutional framework that allows it to implement interventions in the territory – clearly disordered and anachronistic. Consequently, some constructive criticisms and proposals for adjustments are presented to improve the new policy.
Vaz, João S. "Antiga lota de Portimão (projecto cultural): plano estratégico." Master's thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/6611.
Full textCities nowadays concentrate their activity on the tertiary sector. As such, city planners are faced with the challenge of reconverting vacant buildings once dedicated to industrial activity. This thesis presents a model of a space dedicated to the creative class, cultural consumption, and creative practice, which can have a positive impact in terms of stimulating economic innovation and social attractivity in the city of Portimão in particular and the region of Algarve in general. The old Lota1 de Portimão is an example of a degraded building with a privileged location within the city lacking a mid-term/long-term project that, more than a simple re-occupation of the space, could contribute to its requalification and to the improving of Portimão’s population quality of life. Following the trend of using vacant buildings to urban rehabilitation ends, through cultural and/or touristic projects, in this thesis is proposed the rehabilitation of this space, which would be home to a not-for-profit organization. It would create a space devoted to the converging of culture and creative leisure creators and consumers, in a lounge environment with bar/food services, something that does not exist at present. By uniting the potential of the building and its location with that of local creativity and culture, through the promotion of different activities and events focused on it, it is aimed to cause an impact both in terms of urban rehabilitation and socio-cultural development of the population, and in terms of stimulating creative economy and regional development. It is a project aimed at sustainability, generating revenue through event creation and primarily through the bar/food service, always trying to minimize the costs of its activity through partnership protocols with different entities.
Araújo, Hugo Mestre. "Análise dos factores determinantes do auto-emprego em Portugal." Master's thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/5026.
Full textSelf-employment has been a current theme since the 80´s, being studied all over the world. In the last two decades, the on-going process of globalization, as well as the economic and financial crisis that has affected some of the biggest and most powerful economies in the world, have influenced the economic literature that now tries to understand if self-employment can correct and improve the conditions of the labor market. When it comes to Portugal, using micro level data drawn from the Portuguese Labour Force Survey, concerning the period between 1998 and 2010, we concluded that factors such as previous work-related experience, education and age appear to be the key determinant factors that explain the decision of being self-employed. These conclusions are in line with a large number of other international studies. Finally, a more regional-fractioned research allowed us to understand that, in Portugal, with some minor exceptions, the characteristics mentioned above also seem to be the most important determinants in every region..
"A study of non-hukou migration in the Pearl River Delta of China in the 1990s." 2000. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5890547.
Full textThesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 152-166).
Abstracts in English and Chinese.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.ii
ABSTRACT --- p.iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.vi
LIST OF TABLES --- p.ix
LIST OF FIGURES --- p.x
Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1
Chapter 1.1 --- Research Questions --- p.1
Chapter 1.2 --- Research Objectives --- p.3
Chapter 1.3 --- Definitions --- p.4
Chapter 1.4 --- Research Design --- p.9
Chapter 1.5 --- Outline of the Thesis --- p.11
Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY AND THE LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.13
Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.13
Chapter 2.2 --- Background of the Study --- p.15
Chapter 2.3 --- Literature Review --- p.28
Chapter 2.4 --- Summary --- p.38
Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- SPATIAL PATTERNS OF NON-HUKOU MIGRANTS IN THE PEARL RIVER DELTA --- p.41
Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.41
Chapter 3.2 --- Proportion of Non-hukou Migrants --- p.44
Chapter 3.3 --- Distribution of Migrants --- p.47
Chapter 3.4 --- Sources of Migrants --- p.50
Chapter 3.5 --- The PRD as a Destination --- p.56
Chapter 3.6 --- Gender Ratio of Non-hukou Migrants --- p.64
Chapter 3.7 --- Spatial Patterns and Correlation of Migration Indicators --- p.67
Chapter 3.8 --- Summary --- p.79
Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- ANALYZING THE DETERMINANTS OF NON-HUKOU POPULATION IN COUNTY-LEVEL AREAS --- p.83
Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.83
Chapter 4.2 --- Method --- p.84
Chapter 4.3 --- Variables --- p.86
Chapter 4.4 --- The Results --- p.90
Chapter 4.5 --- Summary --- p.102
Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- IMPACTS OF NON-HUKOU MIGRANTS AND THE POLICY RESPONSES --- p.104
Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.104
Chapter 5.2 --- The Trend of Non-hukou Migrants in PRD --- p.106
Chapter 5.3 --- Positive Impacts --- p.110
Chapter 5.4 --- Negative Impacts --- p.115
Chapter 5.5 --- Policy Responses --- p.121
Chapter 5.6 --- Summary --- p.139
Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- CONCLUSION --- p.142
Chapter 6.1 --- Non-hukou Migration in PRD --- p.142
Chapter 6.2 --- Policy Responses --- p.147
Chapter 6.3 --- Suggestions for Further Research --- p.150
REFERENCES --- p.152
Palhinhas, Gonçalo Lourenço. "Políticas de desenvolvimento rural: o impacto dos grandes investimentos agrícolas no concelho de Odemira." Master's thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/19287.
Full textThis project work focuses on the challenges that a territory faces in the large investments provided by the Rural Development Policies, namely in agriculture. The case study will focus on the municipality of Odemira due to the great impact that the most recent investments in intensive farming holdings have in this territory at the political, socio-economic and environmental levels, as well as the dynamics of Almería, the Spanish region with over 25 000 ha of covered area for intensive agricultural production. The importance of this theme is justified by the urgent need to resolve some of the impacts in this territory, such as the uncontrolled expansion of farms in the Southwest Alentejo and Vicentina Coast Natural Park (PNSACV) and the new migratory reality, which has been allocated in the municipality to suppress the labor shortage in the agricultural sector. For a better understanding of the challenges to which the municipality of Odemira is subjected, the plans conceived by the local actors were strictly analyzed. It is concluded that the Rural Development Policies programmed for the territory brought profound impacts that local entities, even though through vigorous collaboration and elaboration of integrated policy plans cannot solve.