Essays about: "population structure and economic growth"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 35 essays containing the words population structure and economic growth.

1. 21. Research and Application of Urban Function, Aesthetic Expression and Human Behavior on Commercial Street in Chinese Old Downtown Area -- Renovation of Nanjing Zhujiang Road

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planering

   Author : Shan Li; [2014]
   Keywords : urban design; commercial street; urban function; aesthetic expression; human behavior; public space; Zhujiang Road; China;

   Abstract : Commercial street is a frequently-used urban space for citizen’s social contact and public life. Coexistence of traffic function and business function is the main situation of commercial street in old downtown area of Chinese cities. READ MORE

3. 22. Investigating the small public urban open spaces at high-density cities:  A case study of Hong Kong

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Hiu Ming Lau; [2014]
   Keywords : Sustainable City; Pocket Spaces; City Landscape; Hong Kong; Dense City; Park Design;

   Abstract : Many researches have shown that urban parks can enhance the quality of life, which is a key factor of building a sustainable city. Hong Kong, as one of the most densely populated financial city in the world, has severely low urban park density. Instead, a large number of small public urban open spaces (SPUOS) are scattered within the city fabrics. READ MORE

4. 23. Läkande landskap : att rena mark och vatten med fytoremediering i en urban kontext

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Fanny Lundén; [2014]
   Keywords : Fytoremediering; förorenad mark; in-situ; giftfri miljö; brownfield planering; postindustriella urbana områden; rekreation; design; Malmö; Amsterdam;

   Abstract : Fytoremediering är en relativt ny saneringsmetod men har de senaste åren blivit mer uppmärksammad inom forskning. Fytoremediering bygger på växters naturliga förmåga att rena förorenad mark, vatten eller sediment. READ MORE

5. 24. Is there a relationship between the dependency rate and economic growth? : A study of the demographic dividend in Sub-Saharan Africa

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

   Author : Angelica Harryson; [2014]
   Keywords : Demographic transition; dividend; demography; dependency; economic growth; sub-Saharan Africa; development; population;

   Abstract : Economists have studied the relationship between population growth and economic growth for a very long time and not found any clear relationships. Recently they have begun to focus on the factors of population growth such as fertility and mortality rates. From this line of study came the age-structure hypothesis. READ MORE

6. 25. Demographic Changes, Household Savings and Economic Growth in All China: A Time-Series Approach

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Ya Xu; [2012]
   Keywords : Life-Cycle Hypothesis; Household savings rate; Dependency ratios; Economic growth; Cointegration test; Vector Error Correction Model VECM .; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This paper investigates the effects of population age structure and economic growth on the household saving rate in China and examines whether life cycle hypothesis (LCH) holds in the country like China, where LCH may be less applicable. By applying two popular time series econometric techniques (cointegration technique and vector error correction model), the author examines the long-run convergence between household saving rate, age structure of population and GDP growth in all China from 1963 to 2006. READ MORE