Overall, urbanization improves migrants' risk appetite, and mediated by this improvement, migrants are more likely than their rural peers to engage in economic activities under uncertainty, as indicated by the evidence that presents when we apply the two-effect theory to investigate how a household decides on risky financial asset investment.
This decline was made possible primarily by rapid urbanization and improved sanitation in Chinese populations.
This has led to rapid urbanization and improved living standards, along with access to education and increasing adoption of Western lifestyle habits.
The prevalence of hypertension in developed countries is around 40%, whereas its prevalence in developing countries was estimated to be 25%. 1 However, because of the larger population in developing countries, the absolute numbers of patients affected by hypertension are considerably higher, and the prevalence is likely to rise as a result of urbanization and improved life expectancy.
This is a relevant issue in Belo Horizonte, where favelas have undergone an urbanization process improving the residents' quality of life.
Some evidence suggests that urbanization may improve child survival [ 21].
Accelerating economic development and urbanization and improving the distribution of health care resources in disadvantaged regions will help reduce health disparities in China.
Among the developments in the latter half of the 20th century were increased urbanization, consolidation of agricultural landholdings, improved transportation networks, and expanded trade with the Pacific Basin countries.
This third category shows the government's desire to show results from its urbanization programs and to differentiate improved communities from others, as well as to prevent the all-too-common stigmatization of favelas.
With statehood came more financing, better schools, better hospitals, improved harbors, a jump in population, urbanization, military spending and many more tourists — lately as many as seven million annually.
