Since its publication in 1978, PRB’s Population Handbook has appeared in eight languages and has been circulated around the world. It has been used by thousands of teachers and students in ...
Home businesses are commercial activities carried on within a dwelling by a member or members of the family who occupy the dwelling. The home business is secondary to the use of the dwelling
Southeast Asian cities are confronted with a range of environmental challenges with few success stories. State-driven and top-down solutions have been unsuccessful while communities ...
If asked to name your favorite place, how would you choose? You might first think of your home or, con- versely, recall a faraway place that represents a personal ideal. You might ...
Historically, researchers from various social disciplines (sociologists, geographers, demographers and others) have observed important differences between urban and rural populations in ...
Marginal cost pricing in transport is a ‘hot’ topic, in at least two senses. First, as is well known, over the last decade(s), sophisticated pricing policies in transport have ...
This chapter of a book details about the upsurge of crimes in Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal and analyzes their trend from post-conflict point of view.
Penang is well known for its heritage character especially in the city of Georgetown with more than 200 years of urban history. To retain its heritage character, the state and local governments ...