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1 online resource |
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New frontiers in regional science: Asian perspectives, 2199-5974 ; v. 48 |
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New frontiers in regional science: Asian perspectives ; v. 48. 2199-5974
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| Contents |
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Rural-Urban Dichotomies and Spatial Development in Asia -- 1.1 Preliminaries -- 1.2 Migration -- 1.2.1 Agritourism and Welfare -- 1.2.2 Reference-Dependent Preferences -- 1.3 Goods and Services -- 1.3.1 Provision of Public Goods and Services -- 1.3.2 Healthcare and Access to Cultural Services -- 1.3.3 Education and Inequality -- 1.4 Conflict -- 1.4.1 Domestic Violence and Spatial Spillovers -- 1.4.2 Separation and Natural Resources -- 1.5 Reforms and Their Impacts |
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1.5.1 Foreign Direct Investment and Structural Change -- 1.5.2 Monthly per Capita Expenditure -- 1.5.3 Middle-Class Formation -- 1.5.4 Community-Driven Development -- 1.6 Conclusions -- References -- Part II: Migration -- Chapter 2: Agritourism, Unemployment, and Urban-Rural Migration -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Model -- 2.3 Comparative Statics -- 2.3.1 Policy Changes in Developing Countries -- Labor Outflow -- Decrease in Urban Minimum Wage Rate -- Increase in Foreign Capital Investment -- 2.3.2 Improvement of the Agritourism Sector -- Increase in Labor Productivity of Tourism |
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Shift to Agricultural-good-intensive Tourism -- Environmentally Friendly Agritourism -- 2.4 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 3: Overpopulation and Reference-Dependent Preferences: Does Internal Migration in Japan Actually Satisfy People? -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Internal Migrations in Japan -- 3.2.1 Historical Context -- 3.2.2 Imperfect Relationship Between Income and Happiness -- 3.3 The Models and Theoretical Analyses -- 3.3.1 Characterizing Migrations with Reference-Dependent Models -- 3.3.2 The Basic Setting -- Economy and Consumer/Resident |
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3.3.3 Past Consumption Level as the Reference Point -- Difference from the Past Consumption Level -- Ratio to the Past Consumption Level -- Kahneman-Tversky Type Function -- General Equilibrium -- 3.3.4 Difference from the (Past) Regional Average -- Kahneman-Tversky Type Function -- Incomplete Information -- 3.4 Empirical Studies -- 3.4.1 Backgrounds -- 3.4.2 Models Used in the Estimations -- Location Choice -- Specifying the Income Part -- 3.4.3 The Data -- Migrations -- Income (Wage) -- Distance -- Commuting Time -- Lowest Temperature -- College Student Rate |
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Employment (Rate) of Primary and Secondary Industries -- Marriage Rate -- Youth Rate -- Unemployment Rate -- Housing Rent -- 3.4.4 Estimation Results and Discussions -- Habit Formation -- 3.5 Conclusion and Future Perspectives -- References -- Part III: Goods and Services -- Chapter 4: Rural-Urban Satisfaction Towards Chinaś Public Goods and Services Provision -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Household Registration (Hukou) System as a Rural-Urban Divide -- 4.2.1 Resilience of the Hukou System -- 4.3 Research Question and Method |
| Summary |
This edited book brings together in one place new studies of rural-urban interactions and their implications for regional growth and development in different regions within Asia. Specifically, the individual chapters in the book shed light on the different kinds of rural-urban interactions that we witness in Asian regions, particularly those that are based on migration, poverty, inequality, education, economic dependence, and the flow of goods and services. The book departs from the existing literature in three ways. First, it explicitly recognizes that different kinds of rural-urban interactions have dissimilar impacts on the lives and hence on the welfare of the residents of rural and urban regions. Second, the book emphasizes the varied spatial and temporal dimensions of the interactions and the ways in which these dimensions influence rural and urban societies. Third, this book demonstrates the ways in which an understanding of the preceding two points contributes to our knowledge about economic growth and development. Because Asia is the fastest-growing and most dynamic continent in the world today, the research delineated in the individual chapters of the book provides practical guidance concerning two salient questions. First, how do we effectively address the economic development challenges stemming from the interactions between alternate rural and urban regions within Asia? Second, how do we ensure that the policies we design to address these challenges give rise to broad-based economic growth and development that is sustainable? |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Rural-urban divide -- Asia
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Economic history
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Rural-urban divide
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| SUBJECT |
Asia -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008615
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Asia
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Batabyal, Amitrajeet A., 1965- editor.
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Higano, Yōshirō, 1951- editor.
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Nijkamp, Peter, editor.
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| ISBN |
9789811612329 |
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9811612323 |
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