Search Results - "Eurasian Geography and Economics"

Pandemic and lockdown: a territorial approach to COVID-19 in China, Italy and the United States by Ren, Xuefei

“…Three months into the Covid-19 crisis, lockdown has become a global response to the pandemic. Why have so many countries resorted to lockdown? How is it being…”
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COVID-19 in Romania: transnational labour, geopolitics, and the Roma 'outsiders' by Creţan, Remus, Light, Duncan

“…COVID-19 has played out in Romania in a similar way to that in many other European countries. The government implemented decisive early measures which were…”
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The impact of COVID-19 on migrant women workers in India by Azeez E P, Abdul, Negi, Dandub Palzor, Rani, Asha, A P, Senthil Kumar

“…COVID-19 has emerged as a crisis that has impacted all spheres of human life. The pandemic has disproportionately impacted the world's poor population in terms…”
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The smart city as time-space cartographer in COVID-19 control: the South Korean strategy and democratic control of surveillance technology by Sonn, Jung Won, Lee, Jae Kwang

“…While the US, UK, France, Italy, and many other countries ended up implementing complete lockdown after tens of thousands of deaths from COVID-19, South Korea…”
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China's new Eurasian ambitions: the environmental risks of the Silk Road Economic Belt by Tracy, Elena F., Shvarts, Evgeny, Simonov, Eugene, Babenko, Mikhail

“…China is moving ahead with the Silk Road Economic Belt, an ambitious infrastructure development agenda with the distinct promise of regional and sub-regional…”
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Responses to the COVID-19 crisis in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus by Åslund, Anders

“…Russia, Ukraine and Belarus are good comparators sharing a common Soviet past, similar cultures and religions, while in the COVID-19 crisis they have pursued…”
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Financing the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI): research agendas beyond the "debt-trap" discourse by Lai, Karen P. Y., Lin, Shaun, Sidaway, James D.

“…By way of introduction to the four papers that follow, we chart some key parameters of debate about finance and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). In…”
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Zombie socialism and the rise of neoliberalism in post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe by Chelcea, Liviu, Druţǎ, Oana

“…Many scholars have asked themselves if and for how long they should use the concept of "post-socialism." We review some ways in which post-socialism is no…”
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Unequal pain: a sketch of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on migrants' employment in China by Che, Lei, Du, Haifeng, Chan, Kam Wing

“…This article examines the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the employment of migrant workers in China. Our research has estimated that nationally, at least…”
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What is informality? (Mapping) "the art of bypassing the state" in Eurasian spaces - and beyond by Polese, Abel

“…Despite a growing number of studies featuring "informality" in their title, including many from the post-socialist region, little has been done to reach a…”
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Contesting post-communist economic development: gold extraction, local community, and rural decline in Romania by Rîșteiu, Nicoleta Toader, Creţan, Remus, O'Brien, Thomas

“…Plans to open a globally significant gold mine at Roşia Montană, in the Transylvanian region of Romania, have led to decades of controversy and struggle. This…”
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Spatial and functional dimensions of the COVID-19 epidemic in Poland by Krzysztofik, Robert, Kantor-Pietraga, Iwona, Spórna, Tomasz

“…The COVID-19 epidemic appeared in Poland in early March 2020. Since then, the epidemic has impacted strongly on the socioeconomic nature of the country. Since…”
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Financing the Belt and Road Initiative by Liu, Weidong, Zhang, Yajing, Xiong, Wei

“…The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has attracted the involvement of increasing numbers of countries in the world, but also caused a lot of concerns about its…”
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Two systems in one country: the origin, functions, and mechanisms of the rural-urban dual system in China by Chan, Kam Wing, Wei, Yanning

“…This paper takes an interdisciplinary perspective to focus on the role played by the rural-urban dual system in China's urbanization and migration. We explain…”
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Going West and Going Out: discourses, migrants, and models in Chinese development by Yeh, Emily T., Wharton, Elizabeth

“…In 1999 China announced the launching of the Open up the West campaign, sometimes called "Going West," to help western China finally catch up to the much…”
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Where is the populist radical right successful? Spatial analysis of populist radical right parties in Slovakia and Czechia by Kevický, Dominik

“…When the popularity of the populist radical right increases, questions arise. Where are these parties successful? Does the geographic distribution of their…”
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Nationalism and anti-ethno-politics: why 'Chinese Development' failed at Myanmar's Myitsone Dam by Kiik, Laur

“…In 2011, the Burmese military-backed government stunned global audiences by unilaterally suspending the construction of the Myitsone Dam, the cornerstone of…”
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Does trade openness convey a positive impact for the environmental quality? Evidence from a panel of CIS countries by Yu, Cheon, Nataliia, Danilova, Yoo, Seung-Jick, Hwang, Yun-Seop

“…The Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis suggests that sustainable economic growth can be achieved in transitional countries after the threshold level of per…”
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State power and the COVID-19 pandemic: the case of Finland by Moisio, Sami

“…This paper first discusses some of the basic spatial features of the COVID-19 crisis in Finland. Second, it considers the role of the state and state power in…”
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The Global Easts in global urbanism: views from beyond North and South by Müller, Martin, Trubina, Elena

“…Global urbanism tends to think cities in categories of "Global North" and "Global South". But what about all those cities that escape easy classification into…”
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