Where to create jobs to reduce poverty: cities or towns?

In-Migration to Irish Cities and Towns, 1970-71

Precis: Cities and towns played an important role in internal migration and immigration in Ireland in 1970-71. Gross migration rates were strongly related to estimates of the employment increases in the centres over the year. Canonical correlation analysis shows that the migration process comprised a "general" trend and three specialised aspects. These were related to different characteristics ...

Linking health to microfinance to reduce poverty.

Towns and cities. A commentary on ‘performing towns’

Archaeological Dialogues / Volume 22 / Issue 02 / December 2015, pp 146 149 DOI: 10.1017/S1380203815000203, Published online: 02 November 2015 Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S1380203815000203 How to cite this article: Monica L. Smith (2015). Towns and cities. A commentary on ‘performing towns’. Archaeological Dialogues, 22, pp 146-149 doi:10.1017/S1380203815000203 ...

Ecosystem Approaches to Reduce Pollution in Cities

Further reductions in pollution will require new management approaches based on ecosystem concepts. In this paper we examine three case studies that analyze flows of nutrients in urban ecosystems to identify new approaches for pollution management. An analysis of the food chain for the Twin Cities (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, USA) is used to examine generation of nutrient pollution in the ...

A health plan to reduce poverty.

Noting that the failures of the U.S. health care system are compounding the problems faced by low-income Americans, Alan Weil argues that any strategy to reduce poverty must provide access to health care for all low-income families. Although nearly all children in families with incomes under 200 percent of poverty are eligible for either Medicaid or the State Children's Health Insurance Program...