Monitoring Economic Development from Space: Using Nighttime Light and Land Cover Data to Measure Economic Growth

2015 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 322-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Souknilanh Keola ◽  
Magnus Andersson ◽  
Ola Hall
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Land Cover Data ◽  
Nighttime Light

scholarly journals A Spatial-Socioeconomic Urban Development Status Curve from NPP-VIIRS Nighttime Light Data

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 2398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chengshu Yang ◽  
Bailang Yu ◽  
Zuoqi Chen ◽  
Wei Song ◽  
Yuyu Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Cover ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Least Squares Method ◽  
Nonlinear Least Squares ◽  
Development Status ◽  
Land Cover Data ◽  
Nighttime Light Data ◽  
Artificial Surface ◽  
Nighttime Light

Urban development status is closely related to the urban economy, environment, ecology, and health. Spatial and socioeconomic processes are the two key aspects of urban development, so the absence of any of them will affect the assessment of urban development status. In this study, using both spatial and socioeconomic information from land cover data and nighttime light data, respectively, we proposed an exponential model, Spatial–Socioeconomic Urban Development Curve (SSUDC), to provide a quantitative expression of the relationship between the two key processes of urban development and analyze urban development status. The SSUDC was calculated from the artificial surface ratio at 1% intervals obtained from Globeland30 land cover data and the corresponding average NPP-VIIRS nighttime light radiance data, using a nonlinear least-squares method. We generated SSUDCs for 330 prefecture-level cities in Mainland China, 208 of which had coefficients of determination (R2) greater than 0.6. Taking Ordos and Guiyang as two typical examples, we analyzed the importance and advantages of SSUDC. The coefficients α and β of the exponential SSUDC were shown to indicate the base intensity socioeconomic activity and the concentration of socioeconomic activities, respectively, and can be used to reveal the urban socioeconomic development status and functional type of cities. At the internal urban level, the residuals of SSUDC can imply the demand for urban physical or economic construction in different areas of the city, and even the urban growth type, together with the distribution of the artificial surface ratio. In summary, the proposed SSUDC provides a simple way to combine the spatial and socioeconomic processes of urban development, which is beneficial to the analysis of urban development at different scales and a rewarding tool for urban planning.

Peculiarities of Modern Dynamics of the Global Economy

2010 ◽  
pp. 78-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Klinov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Business Cycles ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Long Waves ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Business Taxation ◽  
Modern World ◽  
China And India ◽  
World Economic

Rates and factors of modern world economic growth and the consequences of rapid expansion of the economies of China and India are analyzed in the article. Modification of business cycles and long waves of economic development are evaluated. The need of reforming business taxation is demonstrated.

Contemporary Principles of Heterodox Political Economy

2009 ◽  
pp. 38-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ph. O’Hara
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Ethnic Discrimination ◽  
Mainstream Economics ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Analytical Review ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Historical Specificity ◽  
Scientific Results

In this analytical review the author describes the main trends in the modern heterodox political economy as an alternative to mainstream economics. Historical specificity as well as the contradictory and uneven character of economic development are examined in detail. The author also discusses problems of class, gender and ethnic discrimination and their influence on economic growth. It is shown that there are tendencies to convergence of different theoretical perspectives and schools, common themes, topics of research and conceptual apparatus are being formed. The forces of integration and differentiation help establish new ideas and receive interesting scientific results in such fields as development economics, macroeconomics and international economics.

The Quality of Kazakhstan’s Economic Policy and Balance of Payments

2008 ◽  
pp. 120-132
Author(s):  
K. Arystanbekov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Policy ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Balance Of Payments ◽  
Foreign Investors ◽  
Negative Balance ◽  
Macroeconomic Efficiency

Kazakhstan’s economic policy in 1996-2007, its character and the degree of responsibility, the correlation between economic development and balance of current accounts are considered in the article. Special attention is paid to the analysis of their macroeconomic efficiency. It is concluded that in conditions of high rates of economic growth in Kazahkstan in 2000-2007 the net profits of foreign investors are 10-11% of GDP every year. The tendency of negative balance of current accounts in favor of foreign investors is also analyzed.

Non-standard functions and structures of ministries of finance under economic challenges: A case study of Western governments

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (11) ◽  
pp. 2448-2471
Author(s):  
S.V. Anureev
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Central Banks ◽  
Economic Recovery ◽  
Budget Process

Subject. This article examines the functions and management structures of central financial bodies and related parliamentary and governmental structures in Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Japan, Germany, France and Italy. Objectives. The article aims to identify non-standard functions and structures that go beyond the classical responsibility of finance ministries as a central part of the budget process arising from current economic challenges. Methods. For the study, I used a comparative analysis. Results. The article describes the important new functions of financial authorities and treasuries of Western governments aimed at economic growth and economic recovery. Conclusions. The organizational and management structures and functions of the ministries of finance go far beyond the budget process, overlap with and dominate the functions of central banks and ministries of economic development.

Victor S. D'Souza. Development Planning and Structural Inequalities: The Response of the Underprivileged. New Delhi: Sage Publications 1990. Pages 206 + Index. Price: Rs 180 (Hardbound).

1991 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-317
Author(s):  
Ziaul Haque
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Social Structure ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Capital Formation ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
The Social

Deveiopment planning in India, as in other developing countries, has generally been aimed at fostering an industrially-oriented policy as the engine of economic growth. This one-sided economic development, which results in capital formation, creation of urban elites, and underprivileged social classes of a modern society, has led to distortions in the social structure as a whole. On the contrary, as a result of this uneven economic development, which is narrowly measured in terms of economic growth and capital formation, the fruits of development have gone to the people according to their economic power and position in the social structure: those occupying higher positions benefiting much more than those occupying the lower ones. Thus, development planning has tended to increase inequalities and has sharpened divisive tendencies. Victor S. D'Souza, an eminent Indian sociologist, utilizing the Indian census data of 1961, 1971, and 1981, examines the problem of structural inequality with particular reference to the Indian Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes - the two most underprivileged sections of the present Indian society which, according to the census of 1981, comprised 15.75 percent and 7.76 percent of India's population respectively. Theoretically, he takes the concept of development in a broad sense as related to the self-fulfIlment of the individual. The transformation of the unjust social structure, the levelling down of glaring economic and social inequalities, and the concern for the development of the underprivileged are for the author the basic elements of a planned development. This is the theoretical perspective of the first chapter, "Development Planning and Social Transformation".

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