Privatization of the urban fabric: gender and local geographies of transition in downtown Moscow

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An examination of Russia's rising informal cash sector economy is presented, along with its effects on Moscow's households. The informal economy has in turn created a rise in nonmarket domestic labor, creating a division between private sector production and home economies.

Russia, Statistical Data Included, Public works, Privatization, Privatization (Business), Capitalism, Moscow, Russia (City)

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The antiurban angst of urban geography in the 1980s

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The gravity pull of sweeping national and global changes that imposed a strong impring on urban geography in the 1980s is discussed. The urban geography of 1980s observed an antiurbanism angst that mimicked the broader culture.

Evaluation, Influence, Demonstrations and protests, Urbanization, 1980s (Decade) AD, Urban geography

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Needed: geographic research on urban sustainability

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The need for the field of geography to perform research on urban sustainability and the field's suitability for such a task are discussed. A research agenda for this task is discussed.

United States, Editorial, Research, Sustainable development

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