Proximity to local markets is key, and most aggregates are not shipped further than 35 to 50 miles from where they are excavated.37 Otherwise, the cost of transport may exceed that of the material ...

Rural-urban migration also contributes to economic restructuring. This could push countries towards more free market activities, as has been observed in China, India and Vietnam.

Despite talk of overcapacity in China, there are huge swaths of economic activity simply missing from the Chinese marketplace. Policies that address this could create tens of millions of new jobs.

Expert Group Meeting on “Megatrends and Families: Focus on Digital Technologies, Migration and Urbanization” 31 August 2022. The Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD) of the ...

Sustainable urbanization with affordable housing, featured in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11, is foundational to family formation and family life, impacting the health and well-being of ...

Human migration sparked by wars, disasters, and now climate. Homo sapiens have been on the move from almost their beginnings. Climate-caused floods, drought, and water shortages will likely join ...

Urbanization may hold key to tiger survival ... The researchers looked at different scenarios of economic, education, migration, and urbanization policy. In 2010, ...

About the Housing and Migration project: Migration and urbanization are intricately interwoven phenomena. Migrants are essential for facilitating urban-centric growth policies, as graphically ...

The Effect of Rural-to-Urban Migration on Obesity and Diabetes in India: A Cross-Sectional Study. PLoS Medicine , 2010; 7(4): e1000268 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000268 Cite This Page : ...