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Metropolitan area

About: Metropolitan area is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 26029 publications have been published within this topic receiving 385648 citations. The topic is also known as: metro & metro area.


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TL;DR: In this article, the general trends of development of a modern women's labor force, some effects of this development, and some sources of resistance to it are considered in this paper.
Abstract: The loss of womanpower in conspicuous leisure activities, unproductive household tasks, or various forms of "disguised unemployment," which can be seen in every society, is nowhere more evident than in the cities of underdeveloped countries. In urban areas of Egypt, Iran, and Pakistan, for example, less than 15 percent of all women aged 15-64 are in the labor force. In many cities of Latin America and the Caribbean, to be sure, over 30 percent of all working-age women are in the labor force, but from one-third to half of those who work are employed in domestic service. If more effective use is to be made of the potential womanpower in urban areas, it will be necessary both to increase women's work-participation rates and to channel their labor into genuinely productive tasks. The general trends of development of a modern women's labor force, some effects of this development, and some sources of resistance to it are considered in this paper.

86 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the role of renewable energy policies to carbon neutrality in the Helsinki metropolitan area was examined and an analysis based on various policy documents and semi-structured interviews was made.

86 citations

Book
28 Jan 1993
TL;DR: Learning to Meet the Global Challenge as mentioned in this paper : Learning to meet the global challenge: Challenge-CAPABILITY-RESPONSE The Global Challenge Economic Capability Britain's National and Local Position Britain's Institutional Capability Reactions to Economic Challenges The Current Response Part Two: FIELDS OF ACTIVITY: VERTICAL PROGRAMMES Enterprise Education Training PART Three: LOCAL DIMENSION: HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION Local Networks Dimensions of Local Capability Large Cities and Metropolitan Cores Medium Fringes Dispersed Industrial Areas Central Places and Rural
Abstract: Learning to Meet the Global Challenge PART ONE: CHALLENGE-CAPABILITY-RESPONSE The Global Challenge Economic Capability Britain's National and Local Position Britain's Institutional Capability Reactions to Economic Challenges The Current Response PART TWO: FIELDS OF ACTIVITY: VERTICAL PROGRAMMES Enterprise Education Training PART THREE: THE LOCAL DIMENSION: HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION Local Networks Dimensions of Local Capability Large Cities and Metropolitan Cores Metropolitan Fringes Dispersed Industrial Areas Central Places and Rural Areas PART FOUR: AN AGENDA FOR THE 1990S Towards a National Strategy

86 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated similarities and differences in short-term urban expansion before and during the 2007-2008 global economic crisis and found that the early 1990s depopulation of some central districts continued over 2000-2007, demographic re-polarization was observed especially over 2008-2014 in an increasing number of inner districts.
Abstract: Economic crises have influenced urban growth altering building cycles and re-shaping house and labour markets as a consequence of increased socioeconomic disparities. In southern Europe, one of the most affected regions by the 2007–2008 global crisis, evidence on the recession’s impact on urban growth characteristics and directions are still occasional and restricted to local contexts. This study contributes to this issue by identifying similarities and differences in short-term urban expansion before and during recession. Population growth over 2000–2007 and 2008–2014 was assessed in 235 urban districts and municipalities of Rome metropolitan region, Italy. Local-scale changes in the distribution of resident population are considered a reliable indicator of recent growth trends at the city scale and were compared with evidence from previous studies exploring trends in settlement and land-use indicators. Local-scale population distribution showed relevant differences in the time intervals investigated. While early-1990s depopulation of some central districts continued over 2000–2007, demographic re-polarization was observed especially over 2008–2014 in an increasing number of inner districts. At the same time, suburban growth occurred in different spatial directions and speed over the two periods. Our results identify a more rapid growth rate and a higher spreading of population over space during 2000–2007 compared to 2008–2014, identifying a trend towards population densification and settlement re-compacting in the last years. Our results corroborate previous evidence from other southern European urban agglomerations bringing insights on the debate over the future development of sprawling cities.

86 citations

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TL;DR: The degree of urbanisation is a new definition of cities, towns and semi-dense areas, and rural areas endorsed by the United Nations Statistical Commission as discussed by the authors, which is used to classify cities and towns as rural areas in Africa and Asia and as urban areas in other parts of the world.

85 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
20232,189
20224,773
20211,006
20201,173
20191,025
20181,191